Mostly US scholars of philosophy sample some of the many central areas to which feminist philosophers have contributed. Their topics include feminism and the history of philosophy, moral psychology, political philosophy, whether third-wave feminism can be inclusive, feminist epistemologies and women's lives, and feminism and aesthetics. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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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"...I commend this collection as philosophically sophisticated and a useful resource..." Simon Blackburn, Times Higher Education Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007
"This is a very useful resource for those who want to know the current thinking of feminist philosophers on major topics in philosophy in general and in feminist philosophy. It consists of a collection of articles, all of uniformly high caliber, each of which functions as an up-to-date literature review of a topic... The authors' openness to the roots of their discipline and their knowledge of the ways that women have expanded that discipline make this book an excellent guide to contemporary feminism...Highly Recommended." CHOICE
Linda Alcoff and Eva Feder Kittay have been there from the beginning of feminist philosophy in the 1970s! Their judicious organization of ideas in the field will be of great use to both novices and established scholars. Iris Marion Young, University of Chicago
This is a terrific volume; inclusive, balanced, yet with a point of view or, fittingly, with multiple points of view. Accessibly written by leading scholars, these articles contain something for everyone. Alison M. Jaggar, University of Colorado at Boulder
"The 15 essays in this admirably professional collection cover much territory ... I commend this collection as philosophically sophisticated and a useful resource." Simon Blackburn, Cambridge University
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| Introduction: Defining Feminist Philosophy |
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Part I Women and the Philosophical Canon |
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Justifying the Inclusion of Women in Our Histories of Philosophy: The Case of Marie de Gournay |
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Feminism and the History of Philosophy |
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43 | (21) |
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Part II Ethical Inquiries |
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81 | (21) |
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102 | (14) |
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Feminist Bioethics: Where We've Been, Where We're Going |
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116 | (15) |
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131 | (14) |
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Part III Political Perspectives |
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Feminist Political Philosophy |
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145 | (20) |
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Postcolonial Feminisms: Genealogies and Recent Directions |
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165 | (12) |
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177 | (16) |
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Can Third Wave Feminism Be Inclusive? Intersectionality, Its Problems, and New Directions |
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193 | (18) |
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Part IV Knowing and Representing |
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Feminist Epistemologies and Women's Lives |
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Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science |
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235 | (19) |
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254 | (12) |
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Feminism and Poststructuralism: A Deleuzian Approach |
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| Author index |
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Linda Martķn 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).
