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The Thinking Woman
Publisher: NewSouth, 2019
Highly commended, Victorian Premier's Awards for Non-Fiction 2020
In this extraordinary book, scholar and writer, Julienne van Loon, applies a range of philosophical ideas to her own experience. She engages with the work of six leading contemporary thinkers and writers - Rosi Braidotti, Nancy Holmstrom, Siri Hustvedt, Laura Kipnis, Julia Kristeva and Marina Warner - through interrogating and enlivening their ideas on love, play, fear, work, wonder and friendship.
The author's journey is intellectual and deeply personal, political and intimate at once.
Reviews
"An invitation to a thoughtful life."
– Melissa Cronenburg, Feminist Writers Festival
"A compelling portrait of the relationship between thinking and feeling."
–Amanda Lohrey, winner of the Patrick White Award
"[A] knotty, charismatic exploration of the intersection between ideas and lived experience... a surprising and resonant."
–Jo Case, The Sydney Morning Herald