Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Mary Daly

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A paper which introduces the different philosophical views of Kierkegaard (father of "Existentialism", whose philosophy was a direct contradiction to German philosopher Hegel), Nietzsche (one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century) and Mary Daly (a radical feminist philosopher who has written against the Christian tradition). The paper summarizes their philosophies and written works.

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"In the postmodern world Daly recognizes the shift towards the linguistic paradigm and gives analysis of language and the professions is central to her thesis that to bring about any genuine social transformation, or create a New World women cannot merely seek equality or civil rights. She finds the domination of male society and institutions inherent in the very language. She says that women must exorcise the internal demons that hold us in a state of "robotitude". According to Daly gyn/Ecology means a journey through the history of women, a journey in which we begin to listen about the women. A "metaethics" of racial feminism involves witnessing, asking deep questions, analyzing patterns, attending to those, which destroy women. She argues against the ethic of prudence in favor of existential courage ."

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