Eva Feder Kittay / Linda Alcoff (eds.)

Gebundenes Buch

Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy

Beschreibung

Over the past 30 years, philosophy has become a vital arena for feminists. Recent feminist work has challenged canonical claims about the role of women and has developed new methods of analysis and critique, and in so doing has reinvigorated central areas of philosophy. The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy is a definitive introduction to the field, consisting of fifteen newly-written essays that apply philosophical methods and approaches to feminist concerns. From analyses of women in the history of philosophy to the relation of feminism to topics such as pragmatism, epistemology, political philosophy, aesthetics and phenomenology, the Guide is an excellent resource for those who wish to explore how feminist philosophy is transforming the very nature of philosophical inquiry.

Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 779g
• ISBN-13: 9780631224273
• ISBN-10: 0631224270
• Artikelnr.: 21679189

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