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Mechthild Nagel State University of New York (SUNY)

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Faculty, State University of New York (SUNY)
PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996.

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African/Africana Philosophy

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I work towards prison reform and abolition of penal structures and write papers that can be used for policy discussions in justice studies. My aim is to write for a general public not just for philosophers. I am also editor of Wagadu: A transnational journal of women's and gender studies (wagadu.org; open access).

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Ann Ferguson & Mechthild Nagel (eds.) (2009). Dancing with Iris: The Philosophy of Iris Marion Young. Oxford University Press.
The essays are organized into topic areas that are of interest to students in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in ethics, feminist theory, and ...
Feminist Phenomenology in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Feminist Political Philosophy in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
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Mechthild Nagel (2008). What If Habermas Went Native? peace studies journal 1:1-12.
Critical Race Theory in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Jürgen Habermas in 20th Century Philosophy
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Mechthild Nagel (2007). Bearing Witness to Injustice. Human Studies 30 (4):281 - 290.
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Mechthild Nagel (2007). In Search of Abolition Democracy. Radical Philosophy Today 5:229-235.
This paper focuses on the meaning of Du Bois’s concept of “abolition democracy” and on the ideology of the abstract rights-bearing subject. In Abolition Democracy, Angela Y. Davis calls for the abolition of oppressive institutions, such as U.S. prisons, in order to engender abolition democracy. She also questions how subjects appear before the law, which justifies and normalizes inhumane practices, such as the death penalty. In conclusion, the paper explores ideas on how to conceptualize thinking “beyond” the prison industrial complex (...)
Democracy in Social and Political Philosophy
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Mechthild Nagel (2007). In Search of Abolition Democracy. Radical Philosophy Today 2007:229-235.
This paper focuses on the meaning of Du Bois’s concept of “abolition democracy” and on the ideology of the abstract rights-bearing subject. In Abolition Democracy, Angela Y. Davis calls for the abolition of oppressive institutions, such as U.S. prisons, in order to engender abolition democracy. She also questions how subjects appear before the law, which justifies and normalizes inhumane practices, such as the death penalty. In conclusion, the paper explores ideas on how to conceptualize thinking “beyond” the prison industrial complex (...)
Democracy in Social and Political Philosophy
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Mechthild Nagel (2007). Scholar's Symposium: The Work of Angela Y. Davis. Human Studies 30 (4).
Black Feminism in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Marxist and Socialist Feminism in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
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Mechthild Nagel (2002). P.J. Huntingdon, Ecstatic Subjects, Utopia, and Recognition: Kristeva, Heidegger, Irigaray. Human Studies 25 (2):251-256.
Luce Irigaray in 20th Century Philosophy

Martin Heidegger in 20th Century Philosophy

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Mechthild Nagel (2002). Review: Towards a Critical Social Ontology. [REVIEW] Human Studies 25 (2):251 - 256.
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Andrew Light & Mechthild Nagel (eds.) (2000). Race, Class, and Community Identity. Humanity Books.
Philosophy of Race in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
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Mechthild Nagel (1999). Review of Schott Feminist Interpretations of Immanuel Kant. [REVIEW] Hypatia 14 (3):169-172.
Feminist History of Philosophy in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Immanuel Kant in 17th/18th Century Philosophy
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Mechthild Nagel (1997). Critical Theory Meets the Ethic of Care. Social Theory and Practice 23 (2):307-326.
Value Theory
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