Anna Nyström PhD student

I am a doctoral student in Gender Studies at Stockholm University and a doctoral student in Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

My research project focuses on the feminist philosopher Judith Butler. I am investigating how Butler uses Melanie Klein's psychoanalytic theory in the ethics of nonviolence, with a focus on works written after 2000. In my research, I am particularly interested in what Butler has to say about the importance of shaping ambivalent emotions, especially our aggressiveness, to enable ethical action.