Anna Gotlib

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Brooklyn College CUNY

Anna Gotlib is an associate professor of philosophy at Brooklyn College in New York. She teaches and writes in the areas of feminist bioethics, neuroethics, social and political philosophy, and moral psychology. She is currently a co-editor of a book about the ethical, social, psychological, and political implications of the Barbie phenomenon, as well as a book addressing migration and healthcare.

Written by Anna Gotlib

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Trauma unmakes the world of the self. Can stories repair it?

Trauma needn’t be medicalised or replaced with reckless optimism. It can be a catalyst for better stories about ourselves

by Anna Gotlib