Sympathy and Solidarity - And Other Essays

Informationen zum Autor Sandra Lee Bartky is one of the towering figures of second-wave feminist theory. The importance of her work, especially in feminist philosophy, but also in the wider world of women's studies and feminist thought, cannot be exaggerated. She is an influential teacher, speaker, and activist, and the author of Femininity and Domination: Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression. Bartky is professor of philosophy and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Klappentext In a rare full-length volume, renowned feminist thinker Sandra Lee Bartky brings together eight essays in one volume, Sympathy and Solidarity. A philosophical work accessible to an educated general audience, the essays reflect the intersection of the author's eye, work, and sometimes her politics. Two motifs connect the works: first, all deal with feminist topics and themes; second, most deal with the reality of oppression, especially in the disguised and subtle ways it can be manifested. Zusammenfassung Eight essays by feminist thinker Sandra Lee Bartky that reflect the intersection of the author's eye! work and sometimes her politics. Two motifs connect the works: first! all deal with feminist topics and themes; second! most deal with the reality of oppression. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Suffering to be Beautiful Chapter 2 Agency: What's the Problem? Chapter 3 "Catch me if you Can": Foucault on the Repressive Hypothesis Chapter 4 Sympathy and Solidarity Chapter 5 Unplanned Obsolescence: Some Reflections on Aging Chapter 6 Phenomenology of A Hyphenated Consciousness Chapter 7 In Defense of Guilt Chapter 8 Race, Complicity and Culpable Ignorance

Product details

• Authors: Sandra Lee Bartky, Bartky Sandra Lee
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.03.2002
• EAN: 9780847697786
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9778-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Feminist Constructions; Feminist Constructions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Soziale und ethische Themen, Moderne Philosophie: nach 1800, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Western philosophy from c 1800, Feminism and feminist theory, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -