Alan Soble
Alan Soble | |
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University of Buffalo | |
| Institutions | University of New Orleans |
| Thesis | Legal Paternalism (1976) |
Main interests | Philosophy of sex |
Alan Gerald Soble (philosopher and author of several books on the philosophy of sex. He taught at the University of New Orleans from 1986 to 2006. He is currently Adjunct Professor of philosophy at Drexel University in Philadelphia.[1]
Life
Soble was born in 1947[2] to William and Sylvia Soble in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] Early in his professional career, Soble wrote papers in areas of
University of Texas in Austin, he also founded the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love, serving as the society's director from 1977 to 1992; the proceedings of the Society were published in 1997 as Sex, Love, and Friendship with Soble as editor.[6][7]
In subsequent years, Soble has edited or written many works in this field. In late 2005 he completed the central reference work in the philosophy of sex, Sex from Plato to Paglia.
Alan Soble was Research Professor at the University of New Orleans from 1986 to 2006.[8]
Selected publications
- ISBN 978-1-4422-1671-6.
- Soble, Alan (2008). ISBN 978-1-55778-875-7.
- Soble, Alan (2006). Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia, (editor), 2 volumes. Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-32686-X.
- Soble, Alan (2002). Pornography, Sex, and Feminism. Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-944-1.
- Soble, Alan (1996). Sexual Investigations. New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-8085-7.
- Soble, Alan (1990). The Structure of Love. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-04566-2.
- Soble, Alan (1986). Pornography: Marxism, Feminism and the Future of Sexuality. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-03524-1.
See also
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References
- ^ "Alan Soble, PhD Archived 2014-05-24 at the Wayback Machine", Department of English and Philosophy, Drexel University. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
- ^ Beate Elvebakk, Table 1: Dates of birth of twentieth century philosophers in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP), Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy (SEP) and Wikipedia, First Monday, archived from the original on 2010-08-08, retrieved 2010-03-13
- ISBN 978-90-420-0227-2
- ^ Cohen-Baker, Nadine (2006). "Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia". Library Journal. 131 (6).
- ^ Vacek, Edward (1998). "The Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Introduction". Theological Studies. 59 (64): 770.
- ^ "History of the Society". The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ISBN 978-90-420-0227-2.
- ^ NYU Press page[permanent dead link]
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