Filipa Melo Lopes

  Filipa Melo Lopes is a Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. She works on Social and Political Philosophy and Feminist Philosophy.   Her research interests include:

• Social theory and ontology
• Metaphysics of gender and disability
• Feminist Politics
• Sexual Ethics
• Dehumanization
• Simone de Beauvoir

Filipa's current projects include:

• “Complicity in One’s Oppression as an Ethical Fault” in Analytic Existentialism, edited by Berislav Marušić and Mark Schroeder (Oxford University Press, under contract).
• “How to Dress Like a Feminist” with Charlotte Knowles (University of Groningen)
• “Dehumanizing Women”

  Her recent outputs include:

• 'Half Victim, half accomplice': Cat Person and Narcissism 22 Oct 2021 In: Ergo, vol. 7, pp. 701-729 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.1123 Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
• What do incels want? Explaining incel violence using Beauvoirian Otherness 27 Jul 2021 In: Hypatia Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press)
• Perpetuating the patriarchy: Misogyny and (post-)feminist backlash 15 Sep 2019 In: Philosophical Studies, vol. 176, pp. 2517–2538 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-018-1138-z Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)