Rate My Professor Moira Gatens

Her research specializations include social and political philosophy, feminist philosophy, early modern philosophy, and philosophy and literature. Gatens has authored influential works such as Imaginary Bodies: Ethics, Power and Corporeality (Routledge, 1996), which investigates how differently sexed bodies occupy social and political spaces through representations of sexual difference. She co-authored Collective Imaginings: Spinoza, Past and Present (Routledge, 1999) with Genevieve Lloyd, applying Spinoza's ideas to contemporary feminist and political theory. Additionally, she edited Feminist Interpretations of Benedict Spinoza (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009), featuring re-examinations of Spinoza's philosophy from feminist perspectives. Other notable contributions include essays on Spinoza's notions of freedom, affect, and the imagination, as well as publications on George Eliot and philosophy. Her scholarship has been supported by Australian Research Council (ARC) funded projects, and she has undertaken visiting fellowships, including the Spinoza Chair at the University of Amsterdam in 2010. Gatens' work has had a substantial impact on feminist philosophy, Spinoza studies, and intersections of philosophy with literature and politics, evidenced by her h-index of 16 and citations across academic platforms.