{"product_id":"the-thinking-woman-julienne-van-loon","title":"'The Thinking Woman' Julienne Van Loon","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"1216\"\u003eIn \u003cem data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"786\"\u003eThe Thinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e, Julienne van Loon asks what philosophy might look like if it began not from abstraction, mastery or the grand male voice booming from a lectern, but from the texture of a life being lived.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"1216\"\u003eShe brings the work of six major contemporary thinkers into contact with ordinary but difficult human questions: how we love, play, work, fear, wonder and make friendship possible. The book draws on Rosi Braidotti, Nancy Holmstrom, Siri Hustvedt, Laura Kipnis, Julia Kristeva and Marina Warner, but it is not a simple guidebook to their ideas. Van Loon uses their work as ways of thinking through motherhood, labour, embodiment, imagination, academia, desire, violence and creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1987\"\u003ePersonal without collapsing into confession, theoretical without turning into concrete soup, \u003cem data-start=\"1716\" data-end=\"1736\"\u003eThe Thinking Woman\u003c\/em\u003e is a generous, restless book about how ideas actually move through a life. For readers interested in feminist philosophy, contemporary thought, memoir, creative nonfiction, and the ongoing crime scene that is “serious thinking” being coded masculine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-11\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-11\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-6a13ebf1-e3bc-83ec-8e04-eb5854921a4e-11\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-102\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"bda81772-3f16-400c-99cc-4c85fb2455f4\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"167\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition paperback, NewSouth Publishing, 2019. Very good used condition, with light shelf wear only. Clean pages, firm binding, no major marks or creases visible.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44658103124051,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/Yourparagraphtext-2026-05-26T151611.164.png?v=1779772607","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-thinking-woman-julienne-van-loon","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}