Intact: what would it take for your body to be good enough?
The pressure to change our bodies is constant - and damaging. Across gender and cultures, ages and occupations, increasingly we feel compelled to defy ageing, build our biceps, cure our disabilities and conceal our quirks.
Intact, the latest book by Jesus College Fellow in Philosophy Professor Clare Chambers, is an original argument in defence of the value of the 'unmodified' body. In it she makes an illuminating analysis and critique of the power dynamics that structure society and bear down on our bodies, and offers ways to resist.
Join us to hear Professor Chambers rethink what it means to be 'natural', 'normal' or 'whole', and to learn how we can let our bodies be good enough just as they are.
Clare Chambers is Professor of Political Philosophy and a Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge. The author of the acclaimed Against Marriage, she specialises in feminism, bioethics, contemporary liberalism and theories of social justice.
ONLINE and IN-PERSON registration is available, choose your ticket type when booking.
A drinks reception will follow this event, and Intact will be available to purchase.
