Dr Mary Edwards
(she/her)
Teams and roles for Mary Edwards
Overview
I am part of the School's Philosophy Group.
My research and teaching interests are in existentialism, feminist philosophy, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and philosophy of technology.
Publication
2026
- Edwards, M. and Dolezal, L. 2026. Fetal ultrasound as intrusion. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (10.1017/hyp.2025.10053)
2024
- Edwards, M. L. 2024. Feminine complicity and women's 'destiny'. Sartre Studies International: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Existentialism and Contemporary Culture , pp.80-92. (10.3167/ssi.2024.300207)
- Edwards, M. L. 2024. The Bloomsbury handbook of existentialism (2nd ed.) by Jack Reynolds, Ashley Woodward, and Felicity Joseph (eds.), (Bloomsbury, 2024). [Book Review]. Philosophy 99 (4), pp.667-672. (10.1017/S0031819124000184)
2023
- Edwards, M. L. and Palermos, S. O. eds. 2023. Feminist philosophy and emerging technologies. Routledge. (10.4324/9781003275992)
- Edwards, M. L. 2023. Understanding incels as a group. In: Edwards, M. L. and Palermos, S. O. eds. Feminist Philosophy and Emerging Technologies. Routledge. , pp.209-227. (10.4324/9781003275992-14)
2022
- Edwards, M. L. 2022. Sartre's existential psychoanalysis: Knowing others. Bloomsbury.
- Edwards, M. 2022. The development of Sartre's realistic metaphysics. Review of Metaphysics 75 (3), pp.559-586. (10.1353/rvm.2022.0007)
2021
- Edwards, M. 2021. Sartre and Beauvoir on women's psychological oppression. Sartre Studies International 27 (1) 46. (10.3167/ssi.2021.270104)
2020
- Edwards, M. L. 2020. Fifty Shades of Grey: A romance that we cannot resist?. In: Atwal, J. and Flessenkämper, I. eds. Gender and Violence in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: Situating India. Routledge. , pp.217-231.
2019
- Edwards, M. L. 2019. Insider knowledge: A lover's delusion?. In: Auxier, R. E. and Volpert, M. eds. Tom Petty and Philosophy: We Need to Know. Open Court. , pp.69-78.
2018
- Edwards, M. 2018. Acute gendered shame demystified. Discipline Filosofiche 28 (2), pp.199-220.
- Edwards, M. 2018. Gender, shame, and the pantsuit. Hypatia 33 (3), pp.571-577. (10.1111/hypa.12412)
Articles
- Edwards, M. and Dolezal, L. 2026. Fetal ultrasound as intrusion. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (10.1017/hyp.2025.10053)
- Edwards, M. L. 2024. Feminine complicity and women's 'destiny'. Sartre Studies International: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Existentialism and Contemporary Culture , pp.80-92. (10.3167/ssi.2024.300207)
- Edwards, M. L. 2024. The Bloomsbury handbook of existentialism (2nd ed.) by Jack Reynolds, Ashley Woodward, and Felicity Joseph (eds.), (Bloomsbury, 2024). [Book Review]. Philosophy 99 (4), pp.667-672. (10.1017/S0031819124000184)
- Edwards, M. 2022. The development of Sartre's realistic metaphysics. Review of Metaphysics 75 (3), pp.559-586. (10.1353/rvm.2022.0007)
- Edwards, M. 2021. Sartre and Beauvoir on women's psychological oppression. Sartre Studies International 27 (1) 46. (10.3167/ssi.2021.270104)
- Edwards, M. 2018. Acute gendered shame demystified. Discipline Filosofiche 28 (2), pp.199-220.
- Edwards, M. 2018. Gender, shame, and the pantsuit. Hypatia 33 (3), pp.571-577. (10.1111/hypa.12412)
Book sections
- Edwards, M. L. 2023. Understanding incels as a group. In: Edwards, M. L. and Palermos, S. O. eds. Feminist Philosophy and Emerging Technologies. Routledge. , pp.209-227. (10.4324/9781003275992-14)
- Edwards, M. L. 2020. Fifty Shades of Grey: A romance that we cannot resist?. In: Atwal, J. and Flessenkämper, I. eds. Gender and Violence in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: Situating India. Routledge. , pp.217-231.
- Edwards, M. L. 2019. Insider knowledge: A lover's delusion?. In: Auxier, R. E. and Volpert, M. eds. Tom Petty and Philosophy: We Need to Know. Open Court. , pp.69-78.
Books
- Edwards, M. L. and Palermos, S. O. eds. 2023. Feminist philosophy and emerging technologies. Routledge. (10.4324/9781003275992)
- Edwards, M. L. 2022. Sartre's existential psychoanalysis: Knowing others. Bloomsbury.
Research
My current research centres on developomg existential psychoanalysis and other phenomenological techniques as tools for identifying and combating various forms of oppression.
Research interests:
- existentialism
- feminist philosophy
- psychoanalysis
- phenomenology (especially the phenomenology of social emotions)
- philosophy of technology
Teaching
Undergraduate:
- French Existentialism
- New Directions in Philosophy
Postgraduate:
- Dimensions of Mind
Biography
I joined Cardiff University as a Teacher in Philosophy in January 2018. I previously worked as an Adjunct Lecturer at University College Cork, Ireland, where I was awarded my PhD in 2017.
See my personal website for more information: www.maryledwards.com
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Research themes
Specialisms
- Feminist theory
- Existentialism
- Psychoanalytic philosophy
- Feminist philosophy of technology
- Phenomenology