Celia Amorós

Celia Amorós Puente
Born (1944-01-01) 1 January 1944
Valencia Spain
Occupation Philosopher and essayist. professor of philosophy in the uned
Nationality Spanish
Alma mater University of Valencia
Genre Essays and articles
Notable awards

Premio María Espinosa de Ensayo (1980)
Premio nacional de ensayo (2006)
Medal for "Promoción de los Valores de Igualdad"
(2011)

Premio Clara Campoamor (2016)

Celia Amorós Puente (born 1 January 1944 in Valencia) is a Spanish philosopher, essayist and supporter of feminist theory. She is a key figure in the so-called equality feminism and focused an important part of her research in the building of relations between Enlightenment and feminism. Her book Hacia una crítica de la razón patriarcal constitutes a new outlook on the gender perspective (gender studies) of philosophy, revealing the biases of androcentrism and claims a critical review on behalf of women.[1]

She is a professor and member of the Department of Philosophy and Moral and Political Philosophy at the National University of Distance Education, known in Spanish as UNED.[1] Her main research interests are the processes of Enlightenment and its implications for feminism and women in Islam, Human rights and women's rights in the context of multiculturalism.[2] In 2006 she became the first woman to win the National Essay Prize.

Biography

Amorós graduated with a degree in Philosophy from the University of Valencia in 1969 and received the Extraordinary Degree Award in 1970. The title of her thesis was: El concepto de razón dialéctica en Jean Paul Sartre (The Concept of Dialectical Reason of Jean Paul Sartre). She also completed her doctorate at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Valencia. The title of her doctoral thesis was: Ideología y pensamiento mítico: en torno a Mitologías de Claude Levi-Strauss (Ideology and Mythical Thought: Around Mythologies of Claude Levi-Strauss).[3]

She is an expert in the ethical-political thought of Jean Paul Sartre and the history of existentialism. In relation to this field, included in her work are Sören Kierkegaard o la subjetividad del caballero (1987) and Diáspora y Apocalipsis. Ensayos sobre el Nominalismo de Jean Paul Sartre's Nominalism (2001).

Member of Frente de Liberación de la Mujer in Madrid until 1980.[4] That same year she received the prize "Maria Espinosa de Ensayo" for the best article published about feminism for her work "Feminism and political parties" in Zona Abierta, Spring 1980.[5]

In 1987 she created the Feminism and Enlightenment Seminar taught at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Complutense University of Madrid until 1994.[6]

On 14 November 1990, she became director of the Institute for Feminist Research (Instituto de Investigación Feminista) after a first foundational phase managed by María Carmen García Nieto. She led the institute until 1993, in this year Amorós began her stay at Harvard University.[7]

In 1991 she founded the History of feminist theory course at the Feminist Research Institute that she directed until 2005 and was replaced by the philosopher Ana de Miguel. The subjects taught by Amorós were Feminism and Multiculturalism, Feminism and the Enlightenment, Freudo-Marxism Feminism of Shulamith Firestone and Ontology of the Present of Donna Haraway.[8]

In 2006 she received the National Essay Prize for her work "La gran diferencia y sus pequeñas consecuencias.... para la lucha de las mujeres" (2004), becoming the first woman to receive this award. Worth 15,000 euros, the prize honours the thoughts and reflections of a Spanish author for his or her work in any of the official state languages published in the year previous to the verdict.[5]

A member and professor of the UNED's Department of Philosophy and Moral and Political Philosophy,[1] she is distiguished for her work and research on feminism and multiculturalism. Amorós considers that traces of the Enlightenment can be found in many different cultures, particularly in Islamic culture and searches for a meeting point in the construction of equality between women from different cultural backgrounds.[9]

Awards and distinctions

Main work

Books

Editions of books

Translations

Publications about the author

References

  1. 1 2 3 "UNED – DEPARTAMENTO DE FILOSOFÍA Y FILOSOFÍA MORAL Y POLÍTICA". www2.uned.es. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  2. "Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas > Personal". 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  3. 1 2 Distancia., Centro de Servicios Informaticos de la Universidad Nacional de Educacin a. "CA Biografía". portal.uned.es. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  4. "Biblioteca Complutense :: Mujeres y pensamiento en la España actual :: BUCM". pendientedemigracion.ucm.es. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  5. 1 2 "Celia Amorós gana el Premio Nacional de Ensayo por su reflexión sobre el feminismo. elcomerciodigital.com". www.elcomercio.es. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  6. "Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas > Instituto > Historia > Seminario Feminismo e Ilustración". 19 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 January 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  7. "Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas > Instituto > Historia". 7 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  8. "Curso "Historia de la Teoría Feminista"". www.mujeresenred.net. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  9. "Celia Amorós aboga por un canon feminista multicultural – Ameco Press". amecopress.net. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  10. País, Ediciones El (18 October 2006). "El feminismo de Celia Amorós gana el Premio Nacional de Ensayo". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  11. País, Ediciones El (5 March 2011). "Soledad Gallego-Díaz, medalla de la Igualdad". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  12. ""Celia Amorós recibe el premio Clara Campoamor". telemadrid.es. Consultado el 2016-03-12.".
  13. "Puleo, Alicia (1999). "Un pensamiento intempestivo: la razón emancipatoria ilustrada en la filosofía de Celia Amorós». Isegoría. Consultado el 20 de marzo de 2016.".
  14. "Filosofía y Feminismo en Celia A". 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
  15. Pensar con Celia Amorós. ISBN 9788424512132.
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