http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:23:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/comment-page-1/#comment-167218 djw Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:59:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/#comment-167218 Very well put, Ingrid. Very well put, Ingrid.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/comment-page-1/#comment-167217 ingrid robeyns Thu, 03 Aug 2006 06:34:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/#comment-167217 This is very, very sad news. There is an increasing recognition among political philosophers that political philosophy/theory should not only be consistent, elegant, etc. etc., but also relevant. Young was one of the best philosophers in terms of writing theory that is based on non-distortive assumptions and that has immediate socio-political relevance. One might have disagreed with her arguments, but at the very least they would always have prompted important questions and pointed at main shortcomings of other theories. A great loss, not just for her friends and family, but also to many political philosophers, feminist theorists and others scholars. This is very, very sad news. There is an increasing recognition among political philosophers that political philosophy/theory should not only be consistent, elegant, etc. etc., but also relevant. Young was one of the best philosophers in terms of writing theory that is based on non-distortive assumptions and that has immediate socio-political relevance. One might have disagreed with her arguments, but at the very least they would always have prompted important questions and pointed at main shortcomings of other theories. A great loss, not just for her friends and family, but also to many political philosophers, feminist theorists and others scholars.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/comment-page-1/#comment-167206 loren king Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:36:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/#comment-167206 An important thinker. The first time I met Iris Young was at a reception the evening before an APSA panel I'd organized, and that I'd invited her to join. She couldn't participate, but told me she planned to be in the audience, and was in fact taking one of my speakers to lunch the next day. She told me (with what I now realize was the hint of a grin) that she was under no obligation to get him back in time for our session. I was terrified, but of course they both arrived early. The next time we met, a few years later, I awkwardly blurted out "do you remember that chapter you wrote on cities in <i>Justice and the Politics of Difference</i>?" Her answer, again with that grin: "yes, you remember these things." A great loss for political theory. An important thinker. The first time I met Iris Young was at a reception the evening before an APSA panel I’d organized, and that I’d invited her to join. She couldn’t participate, but told me she planned to be in the audience, and was in fact taking one of my speakers to lunch the next day. She told me (with what I now realize was the hint of a grin) that she was under no obligation to get him back in time for our session. I was terrified, but of course they both arrived early. The next time we met, a few years later, I awkwardly blurted out “do you remember that chapter you wrote on cities in Justice and the Politics of Difference?” Her answer, again with that grin: “yes, you remember these things.” A great loss for political theory.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/comment-page-1/#comment-167205 David Kahane Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:18:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/#comment-167205 A giant loss. An obituary can be found at http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060802.young.shtml A giant loss. An obituary can be found at http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/06/060802.young.shtml

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/comment-page-1/#comment-167199 Scott Lemieux Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:31:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/#comment-167199 Wow, I had no idea. I saw her give a terrific talk, and her work was ivaruably stimulating as well. It's a real loss. Wow, I had no idea. I saw her give a terrific talk, and her work was ivaruably stimulating as well. It’s a real loss.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/comment-page-1/#comment-167197 Peter Levine Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:15:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/08/02/iris-marion-young/#comment-167197 She was a nice and good person as well as an important thinker. I'm very sorry to hear about her death. She was a nice and good person as well as an important thinker. I’m very sorry to hear about her death.

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