PHILOSOPHY AND VULNERABILITY ALSO AVAILABLE FROM BLOOMSBURY On the Feminist Philosophy of Gillian Howie, edited by Victoria Browne and Daniel Whistler The Subject of Rosi Braidotti, edited by Bolette Blaagaard and Iris van der Tuin The Philosophy of Creative Solitudes, edited by David Jones Enduring Time, Lisa Baraitser Hannah Arendt’s Ethics, Deirdre Lauren Mahony Topophobia, Dylan Trigg Subjectivity and Identity, Peter V. Zima I dedicate this work with boundless love to Anna, Leo and Moses. CONTENTS Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: Towards a definition of philosophy which incorporates vulnerability 2 Catherine Breillat I: An erotic suspension of the ethical