ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I introduce the work of Christine Battersby and of Adriana Cavarero, whose philosophies are the focus of the first section of this book. Both can be described as feminist philosophers of relational ontology but differ greatly in their central theoretical frameworks. Here, I explore their main themes and methods. They both produce ontological answers, intertwined with politics and aesthetics, as (different) philosophical interventions. For example, they both critique the fact that traditions in western philosophy have been focused on death but have failed to see birth, the fact that we are creatures who are born, as a philosophical problem. Both go beyond critique to create different conceptions of the relationship between self and other.
