Background
Cavarero, Adriana was born in 1947 in Cuneo.
Cavarero, Adriana was born in 1947 in Cuneo.
Philosophy, University of Padua.
Ricercatrice. Department of Philosophy of the University of Verona, Italy. Founding member of Diotima, Group of Women Philosophers in Verona.
Adriana Cavarero's feminist philosophy emphasises the significance of difference rather than equality. She argues that the dual categories of gender permeate Western thought so that it takes a conscious philosophical effort to reveal their effects. Cavarero refers to examples and metaphors from the history of philosophy to show the development and influence of the gender categories throughout our Western philosophy.