Andrea Nye

Feminism and Modern Philosophy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The history of modern philosophy is a major topic in philosophy and is crucial to an understanding of the advent of feminist philosophy. "Feminism and Modern Philosophy" introduces fundamental topics in modern philosophy from a feminist perspective. It takes the student through the subject step by step by looking at the main thinkers most usually examined on a course in modern philosophy and by examining the role of gender in studying classic philosophical texts. The book covers the following structure looking at the ideas and work of the important thinkers in this period: * Rereading the canon * The attack on modernist philosophical reason * The nature of "Man" * The search for male allies * Discovering women philosophers * Are there universal philosophical truths? * The function of history within the discipline of philosophy Each chapter looks closely at the way in which the traditional philosophical canon has been re-interpreted by feminist theory and examines the implications for our interpretation of specific texts. It looks at, for example: * A feminist critique of Cartesian rationalism * The implications of Locke's state of nature for the idea of the family * An appreciation of Hume's unique "collaboration" with Annette Baier Chapters close with a summary and the book contains an extensive annotated bibliography. Andrea Nye's style is student friendly and will be ideal for anyone coming to the topic for the first time. It will be appropriate for philosophy as well as gender studies courses looking at the development of modern Western thought.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 269g
• ISBN-13: 9780415266550
• ISBN-10: 0415266556
• Artikelnr.: 21120148

Autorenporträt

Andrea Nye is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her recent publications include Philosophy of Language: The Big Questions (1998) and The Princess and the Philosopher: The Letters of Elizabeth Palatine to Rene Descartes (1999).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Living in Time Introduction: Shaping a Past 1. The Virtues of
Misogyny 2. Rene Descartes: Man of Reason 3. John Locke and the State of
Nature 4. Reworking the Canon: Anne Conway 5. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the
Noble Savage 6. David Hume: A Friend from the Past 7. Feminist Antimonies
8. Feminist Critical Theory after Kant Afterword: The Weight of the Past