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Mari Ruti

1964 – 2023

Finnish-Canadian philosopher

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About Mari Ruti

Lived 1964 – 2023 (aged 59). Mari Ruti was a Canadian and Finnish philosopher and university teacher.

Research

Ruti described her research as addressing "questions of subjectivity, relationality, psychic life, desire, affect, power, agency, autonomy, creativity, oppression, social change, and contemporary ethics. ... [Her] more politically oriented scholarship examines questions of social power, oppression, and agency."

Death Ruti was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer in 2018.

Books The following are books the title subject listed on their faculty web page at the University of Toronto, as of November 2022:

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Important facts

Birth century
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Education
Brown University, Harvard University
Employers
University of Toronto

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Mari Ruti's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Mari Ruti?

Finnish-Canadian philosopher

When was Mari Ruti born?

Mari Ruti was born on 31 March 1964 in Nuijamaa.

When did Mari Ruti die?

Mari Ruti died on 8 June 2023 in Mahone Bay.

What was Mari Ruti's occupation?

Mari Ruti was a philosopher and university teacher.

What nationality was Mari Ruti?

Mari Ruti was Canadian and Finnish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mari Ruti

· Wikidata: Q21525905

· DBpedia: Mari Ruti

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