CHOOSE ONE FROM THE NUMBERED LIST – FEEL FREE TO ASK ME FOR A COPY OF THEIR WORK
1.Sartre claims that the object of my desire is transcendent. Explain what he means, and defend his claim from a phenomenological standpoint.
2.Russon’s and Fillion’s conceptions of desire seem to challenge the power networks that Foucault outlines in his work. Explain. Do you think that either or both succeed(s)? 3.We have discussed objectification (Nussbaum) and derivatization (Ann Parker). Can you think of other forms of sexual violence common to our culture that do not fit these two patterns? Explain. (Use Ann Parker’s paper as a guide). 4.Socrates argues that in love we desire the Beautiful. Explain what he means and defend his claim by thinking about falling in love in terms of Socratic ascent. 5.Why does Sartre think that love fails? Do you think he is right? Explain. 6.Demonstrate that De Beauvoir’s analysis of woman’s love is incorrect.

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