Vigdis Songe-Møller Explained

Vigdis Songe-Møller (born 1 April 1949) is a Norwegian philosopher, Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Bergen.^[1]

Songe-Møller's Philosophy without Women was a feminist exploration of ancient philosophy.^[1] Her own experience as a pregnant woman – for whom "the Parmenidean idea of all things existing ultimately as one and self-identical is, to say the least, far from self-evident" – led her to investigate connections between "the Greek philosophers' ideals of unity, self-identity and eternity and their attitudes towards sexuality, reproduction and sexual difference."^[3]

Works

• Philosophy without Women: the birth of sexism in Western thought, Continuum, 2002

Notes and References

1. Ellen . Mortensen . Feminist Philosophy in Norway, with a View to the Other Nordic Countries . Signs . 34 . 2 . Winter 2009 . 239-247 . 10.1086/591190 .
2. Web site: Vigdis Songe-Møller . Bloomsbury Publishing . 2024-06-27. "When it comes to feminist philosophy proper in Norway, the field has been dominated by two figures, namely, Professor Emerita Else Wiestad, of the University of Oslo, and Vigdis Songe-Møller."^[1]
3. Songe-Møller, Philosophy without Women, p. xiii-xiv