Denise Russell
University of Wollongong, Philosophy, Department Member
- Denise Russell is the author of two books: Women, Madness and Medicine (Polity, Oxford, 1993, 1999) and Who Rules th... moreDenise Russell is the author of two books: Women, Madness and Medicine (Polity, Oxford, 1993, 1999) and Who Rules the Waves (Pluto, London, 2010) as well as numerous articles on epistemology, philosophy of psychiatry/psychology, political philosophy and recent ones on environmental philosophy and animal ethics. She set up a journal: “Animal Issues” which she edited for 5 years. This was about philosophical and ethical aspects of human/animal relationships. She worked for many years in the Department of General Philosophy at the University of Sydney and was Head of Department for three years. She is now an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong and is mainly pursuing her interests in animal ethics and environmental philosophy with papers and talks on these issues and the setting up of a web-site (with Melissa Boyde) aiming to provide a knowledge base for replacing animals in research (www.uow.edu.au/arts/research/raat).edit
Modern psychiatry is dominated by a biological medical understanding of mental disorder. But should we accept the conception of women this approach enshrines? Is it useful in dealing with mental distress or does it in fact act against... more
Modern psychiatry is dominated by a biological medical understanding of mental disorder. But should we accept the conception of women this approach enshrines? Is it useful in dealing with mental distress or does it in fact act against women's interests? 'Women, Madness and Medicine" shows how the "scientific" approach of contemporary psychiatry causes problems for women and develops an alternative perspective on mental distress.
This article analyses the publications resulting from Japanese whaling research over the last decade to ascertain what findings have resulted, what value these finding have and whether the findings, if valuable, could be researched in... more
This article analyses the publications resulting from Japanese whaling research over the last decade to ascertain what findings have resulted, what value these finding have and whether the findings, if valuable, could be researched in other ways. The Institute of Cetacean Research in Japan funds the whaling. The discussion will revolve around what the Institute says that it is doing with the whaling programs and what the research papers actually conclude.
This article analyses the publications resulting from Japanese whaling research over the last decade to ascertain what findings have resulted, what value these finding have and whether the findings, if valuable, could be researched in... more
This article analyses the publications resulting from Japanese whaling research over the last decade to ascertain what findings have resulted, what value these finding have and whether the findings, if valuable, could be researched in other ways. The Institute of Cetacean Research in Japan funds the whaling. The discussion will revolve around what the Institute says that it is doing with the whaling programs and what the research papers actually conclude.
