Transgender Philosophy: The Basics

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-82101-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: The Basics

Transgender Philosophy: The Basics is an introduction to the exciting and rapidly growing world of trans philosophy.

The book covers a wide range of central themes in transgender philosophy, bringing the reader up to speed with both foundational texts and new ideas from this increasingly global tradition. It addresses key questions, including:

• What is gender? How is it related to gender identity?

• Why are we justified in believing someone when they identify as a member of a gender?

• Why do trans people transition, and how should we think about the desire to transition?

• What is the relationship between transness and colonialism, and how is it related to race?

• Should we get rid of gender? What would we look like if we didn’t have genders?

• How should society be changed to improve the lives of trans people?

Accessibly written, this book offers a rigorous overview of the arguments in transgender philosophy, from abstract concerns of philosophical method to grounded and applied political issues.

Transgender Philosophy is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of philosophy, but it also serves a source of new insights and perspectives for students and scholars of philosophy and gender studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cull, Matthew J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  1. What is Gender?  2. Gender Identity  3. Knowledge and Justification  4. Desire and Transformative Experience  5. Colonialism, Race, and the History of Gender  6. Gender Abolition  7. The Trans Theory Tradition  8. Political Philosophy  Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew J. Cull is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Their work covers a variety of topics in transgender and feminist philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of language, and social ontology.