Iris Marion Young (2 January
1949 - 1 August 2006) was Professor of Political Science at the University of
Chicago
, and affiliated with the Center for Gender Studies
[253447] and the Human Rights program there.
Her research covered contemporary
political theory,
feminist social theory, and normative
analysis of
public policy.
Life
Young's books include
Justice and the Politics of
Difference (1990),
Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays
in Feminist Philosophy and Social Theory (1990),
Intersecting Voices: Dilemmas of Gender, Political Philosophy,
and Policy (1997),
Inclusion and Democracy (2000) and
On Female Body Experience: 'Throwing Like a Girl' and Other
Essays (2005). Her writings have been translated into several
languages, including
German,
Italian,
Portuguese,
Spanish, and
Swedish, and she lectured widely in
North America,
Europe,
Australia and
South Africa.
Young's teaching interests ranged broadly, including contemporary
theories of
justice;
democracy and difference; feminist political
theory; continental political theory including
Michel Foucault and
Jürgen Habermas;
ethics and
international affairs;
gender,
race and public
policy.
Young was
awarded a PhD in philosophy by the Pennsylvania
State University
in 1974. Before coming to the University of Chicago
she taught political theory for nine years in the Graduate School
of Public and International Affairs at the University of
Pittsburgh
, and before then taught philosophy at several
institutions, including the Worcester
Polytechnic Institute
and Miami University
. During the summer term of 1995 Young was a
Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang
Goethe University
in Frankfurt
, Germany
.
Young held
visiting fellowships at several universities and institutes around
the world, including Princeton University
, the Institute for Human Sciences in
Vienna
, the Australian National University
, and the Human Sciences Research Council of
South Africa.
Young died, aged 57, on 1 August 2006 after an 18-month struggle
with
esophageal cancer. In
recognition of her work with the Center for Gender Studies at the
University of Chicago, the Center's distinguished faculty lecture
series was renamed in her honor in November 2006.
Selected works
- Justice and the Politics of Difference (Princeton
University Press, 1990)
- Throwing Like a Girl and Other Essays in Feminist
Philosophy and Social Theory (Indiana University Press,
1990)
- Intersecting Voices: Dilemmas of Gender, Political
Philosophy, and Policy (Princeton University Press, 1997)
- Inclusion and Democracy (Oxford University Press,
2000)
- On Female Body Experience: 'Throwing Like a Girl' and Other
Essays (Oxford University Press, 2005)
- Global Challenges: War, Self-Determination, and
Responsibility for Justice (Polity Press, 2007)
See also
References
- Iris Marion Young, 1949-2006, 2 August 2006,
accessed 19 December 2007
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