Flavia Monceri

Flavia Monceri is professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Molise, where she teaches also Gender Studies and Multiculturalism and Intercultural Communication. She got her M.A. in Political Sciences at University of Pisa, Ph.D. in Philosophy of the social sciences at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, and Diploma di pianoforte at the Istituto Musicale Pareggiato “Luigi Boccherini”, Lucca, in 1986. She is series editor of “Difforme” and “Sakura. Filosofie e società nei prodotti culturali” (Edizioni ETS, Pisa). Her main research interests are: political philosophy, social philosophy, philosophy of the social sciences; theory and practice of intercultural communication, intercultural studies, dialogue; queer and transgender theories and studies; disability studies; film philosophy; complexity and systems theories; radical constructivism; globalization and multiculturalism; anarchism and postanarchism; East Asian religions and philosophies (esp. Japan). She has presented papers to several national and international conferences and workshops in Italy and abroad (including Japan and the USA) and is the author of a number of books and articles in Italian and in English, among them: Etica e disabilità (Brescia: Morcelliana, 2017); Connessioni Fatali. La storia dei tre Adolf di Tezuka Osamu (Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2016); Oltre l’identità sessuale. Teorie queer e corpi transgender (Pisa: Edizioni ETS, 2010); Ordini costruiti. Multiculturalismo, complessità, istituzioni (Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, 2008); Interculturalità e comunicazione. Una prospettiva filosofica (Roma: Edizioni Lavoro, 2006); Dialogue and Power: Preliminary Steps to Overcoming an Opposition, in Teoria, 36/1 (2016), pp. 45-62; The Nature of the “Ruling Body”: Embodiment, Ableism and Normalcy, in Teoria, 34/1 (2014), pp. 183-200; Citizenship on trial: ‘Disability’ and the borders of gender, in AG-About Gender, 1/2 (2012), pp. 51-72; Sguardi prospettici. La filosofia del film fra etnocentrismo e interculturalità, in Imago, I/2 (2010), pp. 73-85.