#260 Kathleen Stock: Fiction, And Transgenderism
RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 19th, 2019.
Dr. Kathleen Stock is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sussex. She has published on aesthetics, fiction, imagination, and sexual objectification. She is currently the vice-president of the British Society of Aesthetics. In her monograph Only Imagine: Fiction, Interpretation and Imagination (2017) she examines the nature of fictional content. She has expressed critical views on the UK Gender Recognition Act and trans self-identification.
In this episode, we start by talking a little bit about the philosophy of fiction, and the sorts of topics that are explored there. Then, we establish a bridge with the topics of sex, gender and transgenderism, and go through issues about how the topic of transgenderism is being dealt with at a political level in Western society.
Time Links:
The philosophy of fiction
Sex, gender, and transgenderism
Trans self-identification and social issues
The interplay between sex and gender
Stereotypes and cultural norms
Child transitioning
Follow Dr. Stock’s work!
Follow Dr. Stock’s work:
Faculty page: http://bit.ly/2Gygxrh
ResearchGate profile: http://bit.ly/2JRSfJr
Selected publications: http://bit.ly/2kUbNEr
Quillette articles: http://bit.ly/2lYzxaK
Only Imagine: Fiction, Interpretation and Imagination: https://amzn.to/2kU7CbI
Twitter handle: @Docstockk