The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Kittay, Eva Feder; Alcoff, Linda Martín

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy is a definitive introduction to the field, consisting of 15 newly-contributed essays that apply philosophical methods and approaches to feminist concerns.

• Offers a key view of the project of centering women's experience.
• Includes topics such as feminism and pragmatism, lesbian philosophy, feminist epistemology, and women in the history of philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470695388
• Artikelnr.: 38184202

Autorenporträt

Linda Martín Alcoff is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Syracuse University. She is author of Real Knowing: New Versions of Coherence Epistemology (1996) and Visible Identities: Race, Gender, and the Self (2005), and editor of Epistemology: The Big Questions (Blackwell, 1998) and of Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and Nationality (with Eduardo Mendieta, Blackwell 2003). Eva Feder Kittay is Professor of Philosophy at Stony Brook University. She is author of Love's Labor: Essays on Women, Equality, and Dependency (1999), and editor of Women and Moral Theory (with Diana T. Meyers, 1987) and of The Subject of Care: Feminist Theoretical Perspectives on Dependency (with Ellen Feder, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments.
Notes on Contributors.
Introduction: Linda Martín Alcoff (Syracuse University) and Eva Feder
Kittay (Stony Brook University).
Part I: Women and the Philosophical Canon:.
1. Justifying the Inclusion of Women in Our Histories of Philosophy: The
Case of Marie de Gournay: Eileen O'Neill (University of Massachusetts at
Amherst).
2. Feminism and the History of Philosophy: Robin May Schott (Danish
University of Education).
3. Pragmatism: Shannon Sullivan (Pennsylvania State University).
Part II: Ethical Inquiries:.
4. Ethics and Feminism: Marilyn Friedman (Washington University in St
Louis) and Angela Bolte (University of Nevada-Reno).
5. Moral Psychology: Margaret Urban Walker (Arizona State University).
6. Feminist Bioethics: Where We've Been, Where We're Going: Hilde Lindemann
(Michigan State University).
7. Feminism and Disability: Anita Silvers (San Francisco State University).
Part III: Political Perspectives:.
8. Feminist Political Philosophy: Nancy Hirschmann (University of
Pennsylvania).
9. Postcolonial Feminisms: Genealogies and Recent Directions: Ofelia
Schutte (University of South Florida in Tampa).
10. Lesbian Philosophy: Cheshire Calhoun (Colby College).
11. Can Third Wave Feminism Be Inclusive? Intersectionality, Its Problems
and New Directions: Naomi Zack (University of Oregon).
Part IV: Knowing and Representing:.
12. Feminist Epistemologies and Women's Lives: Lorraine Code (York
University in Toronto).
13. Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Elizabeth Potter
(Mills College).
14. Feminism and Aesthetics: Peg Brand (Indiana University in Bloomington).
15. Feminism and Poststructuralism: A Deleuzian Approach: Tamsin Lorraine
(Swarthmore College).
Author Index.
Subject Index

Rezensionen

"...I commend this collection as philosophicallysophisticated and a useful resource..." Simon Blackburn, TimesHigher Education

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007

"This is a very useful resource for those who want to know thecurrent thinking of feminist philosophers on major topics inphilosophy in general and in feminist philosophy. It consists of acollection of articles, all of uniformly high caliber, each ofwhich functions as an up-to-date literature review of a topic...The authors' openness to the roots of their discipline and theirknowledge of the ways that women have expanded that discipline makethis book an excellent guide to contemporary feminism...HighlyRecommended." CHOICE

"Linda Alcoff and Eva Feder Kittay have been there fromthe beginning of feminist philosophy in the 1970s! Their judiciousorganization of ideas in the field will be of great use to bothnovices and established scholars." Iris Marion Young,University of Chicago

"This is a terrific volume; inclusive, balanced, yet witha point of view - or, fittingly, with multiple points ofview. Accessibly written by leading scholars, these articlescontain something for everyone." Alison M. Jaggar,University of Colorado at Boulder

"The 15 essays in this admirably professional collection covermuch territory ... I commend this collection as philosophicallysophisticated and a useful resource." Simon Blackburn, CambridgeUniversity