Professor Marguerite La Caze
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Marguerite La Caze

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Background

Professor Marguerite La Caze’s research interests include: European philosophy, feminist philosophy, moral psychology, especially the emotions, and aesthetics, including philosophy and film.

Professor La Caze holds a BA (UQ); MA (Melbourne); and PhD (UQ), and is an Australian Research Fellow 2003-2007. She held an ARC Discovery Grant 2015-2018 on ‘Ethical Restoration After Oppressive Violence: A Philosophical Account’ and was a visiting Fellow at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland in 2022.

Her current research projects include:

  • Film philosophy and everyday resistance
  • Ontologies of force: Violence, non-violence, and resistance
  • Conscientious objection in Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life
  • European political cinema
  • Finitude in Beauvoir's A Very Easy Death and Mia Hansen-Love's One Fine Morning

Marguerite has successfully supervised 30 PhD and Master’s students on a wide range of topics and is currently supervising students on projects including analogy and philosophical reasoning, authenticity and politics, on the work of Hannah Arendt and Simone de Beauvoir on political judgment, on the emotion of shame, on non-violence and resistance in Australian and Indian texts, on the work of Monique Wittig, critical phenomenology and abortion.

Availability

Professor Marguerite La Caze is:
Available for supervision
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Fields of research

Philosophy

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Research) of Philosophy, University of Melbourne
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • European philosophy

    Including ethics and political philosophy, philosophy of the emotions, and philosophy and film.

  • Feminist philosophy

    Including feminist political theory and ethics.

Research impacts

Marguerite’s research in European and feminist philosophy, including her monographs, The Analytic Imaginary, Integrity and the Fragile Self, Wonder and Generosity and Ethical Restoration after Communal Violence intersect with the areas of gender studies, philosophy and film, and political science. She has a H-Index of 15 and her joint research on integrity is influential for thought on integrity in the fields of business, education, the environment, health, law, the military, and philosophy. Marguerite’s work on racism has been translated into Brazilian Portuguese and her publication in philosophy of the emotions on envy and resentment has been translated into Turkish: https://www.yapikrediyayinlari.com.tr/dergiler/hinc

Her publications on the work of Merleau-Ponty led to her participation in ‘Merleau-Ponty with an Australian Accent’ a video for the series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the English publication of his Phenomenology of Perception in 1962 for Phenomenology of Perception Around the World, with Dr Marilyn Stendera (Deakin), Dr Ryan Gustafsson (Uni Melb), and Dr. Fiona Utley (UNE). It was curated by Prof. David Morris (Concordia University) for the International Merleau-Ponty Circle and the journal Chiasmi International and launched on the 2nd June, 2022. https://vimeo.com/phparw

In connection with her work on Simone de Beauvoir and as Book Review Editor for the journal Simone de Beauvoir Studies Marguerite moderated this diiscussion on Beauvoir as literary theorist with Toril Moi and Ashley Scheu: Youtube channel.

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99 works between 1994 and 2025
All (99) Journal Article (57) Book Chapter (29) Conference Publication (1) Book (9) Other Outputs (3)

21 - 40 of 99 works

2021

Book Chapter

The look of silence and the ethics of atonement

La Caze, Marguerite (2021). The look of silence and the ethics of atonement. Truth in visual media: aesthetics, ethics and politics. (pp. 104-123) edited by Marguerite La Caze and Ted Nannicelli. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh University Press.

The look of silence and the ethics of atonement

2021

Journal Article

Becoming a victim: A dry white season

La Caze, Marguerite (2021). Becoming a victim: A dry white season. Philosophy Today, 65 (4), 899-916. doi: 10.5840/philtoday202184425

Becoming a victim: A dry white season

2021

Journal Article

Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions

La Caze, Marguerite (2021). Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions. Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 31 (2), 337-338. doi: 10.1163/25897616-03102002

Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions

2021

Book Chapter

Introduction

La Caze, Marguerite and Nannicelli, Ted (2021). Introduction. Truth in visual media: aesthetics, ethics and politics. (pp. 1-11) Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press.

Introduction

2021

Journal Article

Cocktails more lethal than Molotovs: freedom, indestinacy, and responsibility in Gandhi and Philosophy

La Caze, Marguerite (2021). Cocktails more lethal than Molotovs: freedom, indestinacy, and responsibility in Gandhi and Philosophy. Episteme (4).

Cocktails more lethal than Molotovs: freedom, indestinacy, and responsibility in Gandhi and Philosophy

2021

Journal Article

INTRODUCTION

Caze, Marguerite La and Nannicelli, Ted (2021). INTRODUCTION. Truth in Visual Media: Aesthetics, Ethics and Politics, 1-11.

INTRODUCTION

2020

Journal Article

Realism as resistance the case of wadjda (2013)

La Caze, Marguerite (2020). Realism as resistance the case of wadjda (2013). Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities, 25 (5), 156-170. doi: 10.1080/969725X.2020.1807148

Realism as resistance the case of wadjda (2013)

2020

Book Chapter

Hopeless love: Camus and Le Premier Homme

La caze, Marguerite (2020). Hopeless love: Camus and Le Premier Homme. Brill's companion to Camus: Camus among the philosophers. (pp. 435-451) edited by Matthew Sharpe, Maciej Kałuża and Peter Francev. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004419247_022

Hopeless love: Camus and Le Premier Homme

2020

Journal Article

Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions

La Caze, Marguerite (2020). Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions. Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 30 (2), 367-368. doi: 10.1163/25897616-03002007

Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions

2020

Book Chapter

Chile 1988: trauma and resistance in Pablo Larraín’s No (2012)

La Caze, Marguerite (2020). Chile 1988: trauma and resistance in Pablo Larraín’s No (2012). Places of Traumatic Memory: A Global Context. (pp. 285-307) edited by Amy L. Hubbell, Natsuko Akagawa, Sol Rojas-Lizana and Annie Pohlman. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-52056-4_14

Chile 1988: trauma and resistance in Pablo Larraín’s No (2012)

2020

Journal Article

Note from the Book Review Editor/ Note de la responsable des recensions

La Caze, Marguerite (2020). Note from the Book Review Editor/ Note de la responsable des recensions. Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 31 (1), 145-146. doi: 10.1163/25897616-03101004

Note from the Book Review Editor/ Note de la responsable des recensions

2019

Journal Article

'I've Never Met A Me': identity and philosophy in D'Ailleurs, Derrida

La Caze, Marguerite (2019). 'I've Never Met A Me': identity and philosophy in D'Ailleurs, Derrida. Derrida Today, 12 (2), 152-170. doi: 10.3366/drt.2019.0207

'I've Never Met A Me': identity and philosophy in D'Ailleurs, Derrida

2019

Journal Article

Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions

La Caze, Marguerite (2019). Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions. Simone de Beauvoir Studies, 30 (1), 177-179. doi: 10.1163/25897616-03001006

Note from the Book Review Editor / Note de la responsable des recensions

2019

Book Chapter

Judging in times of crisis: wonder, admiration, and emulation

La Caze, Marguerite (2019). Judging in times of crisis: wonder, admiration, and emulation. The moral psychology of admiration. (pp. 129-148) edited by Alfred Archer and André Grahle. London, United Kingdom: Rowman and Littlefield International.

Judging in times of crisis: wonder, admiration, and emulation

2019

Book

Contemporary perspectives on Vladimir Jankelevitch: on what cannot be touched

Marguerite La Caze and Magdalena Zolkos eds. (2019). Contemporary perspectives on Vladimir Jankelevitch: on what cannot be touched. Lanham, MD, United States: Lexington Books.

Contemporary perspectives on Vladimir Jankelevitch: on what cannot be touched

2019

Book

Ethical restoration after communal violence: the grieving and the unrepentant

La Caze, Marguerite (2019). Ethical restoration after communal violence: the grieving and the unrepentant. Lanham, MD, United States: Lexington Books.

Ethical restoration after communal violence: the grieving and the unrepentant

2018

Journal Article

Teaching and learning guide for Iris Marion's Young's legacy for feminist theory

La Caze, Marguerite (2018). Teaching and learning guide for Iris Marion's Young's legacy for feminist theory. Philosophy Compass, 13 (6), e12500. doi: 10.1111/phc3.12500

Teaching and learning guide for Iris Marion's Young's legacy for feminist theory

2018

Book

Phenomenology and forgiveness

Marguerite La Caze ed. (2018). Phenomenology and forgiveness. London, Unite Kingdom: Rowman and Littlefield International.

Phenomenology and forgiveness

2017

Journal Article

It’s easier to lie if you believe it yourself: Derrida, Arendt, and the modern lie

La Caze, Marguerite (2017). It’s easier to lie if you believe it yourself: Derrida, Arendt, and the modern lie. Law, Culture and the Humanities, 13 (2), 193-210. doi: 10.1177/1743872113485032

It’s easier to lie if you believe it yourself: Derrida, Arendt, and the modern lie

2017

Book Chapter

Emotional Enlightenment: Kant on love and the beautiful

La Caze, Marguerite (2017). Emotional Enlightenment: Kant on love and the beautiful. Rethinking the Enlightenment: Between History, Philosophy, and Politics. (pp. 199-219) edited by Geoff Boucher. Lanham MD, United States: Lexington Books.

Emotional Enlightenment: Kant on love and the beautiful

Past funding

  • 2015 - 2017
    Ethical restoration after oppressive violence: a philosophical account
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2012
    In pursuit of integrity: Emotional self-assessment in moral life
    UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2004
    Michele le Doeuff: History, Knowledge, Imaginary
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2007
    Wonder And Generosity As Guides To The Ethics And Politics Of Respect For Difference
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Marguerite La Caze is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Inconsistent Abortion: A Critical Phenomenology

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Aurelia Armstrong

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ontologies of Force: Violence, Non-Violence and Resistance (Studies of Indian and Australian historical contexts through philosophy, film, literature.)

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ontologies of Force: Violence, Non-Violence and Resistance (Studies of Indian and Australian historical contexts through philosophy, film, literature.)

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Shame, Love, and Being Seen

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Aurelia Armstrong

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Bringing Arendt and Beauvoir into Conversation on Political Judgment and Violence: a response to moral and political crises today

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Shame, Love, and Being Seen

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Aurelia Armstrong

  • Doctor Philosophy

    From Shame to Love

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Aurelia Armstrong

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Philosophical Exploration into the Ambiguity of Girlhood Friendship and the Role of Intellectual Exchange

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Michelle Boulous Walker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The relevance of analogical reasoning in canonical philosophy and its connection to philosophical education

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Politics of Authenticity

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Politics of Authenticity: Between Radical Freedom and Genuine Doubt

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Hannah Arendt and Simone de Beauvoir and the Failures of Political Judgement

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Thread of Deconstruction: Coming to Monique Wittig through Derrida and Cixous

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Michelle Boulous Walker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Thread of Deconstruction: Coming to Monique Wittig through Derrida and Cixous

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Michelle Boulous Walker

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Subject, Self, and Language: Henri Bergson and Slavoj Zizek

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Joel Katzav

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the Agency of Aboriginal Frontier War Memorials

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Fiona Foley

Completed supervision

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  • Aesthetics
  • Ethics
  • European philosophy
  • Philosophy - feminist

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