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Informationen zum 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). Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 ...
