The Less Noble Sex - Scientific, Religious, and Philosophical Conceptions of Woman's Nature

NANCY TUANA, Association Professor of the History of Ideas at the University of Texas at Dallas, has published in the philosophy of science and in feminist theory. She is the author of Woman and the History of Philosophy and the editor of Feminism and Science.

Sommario

Preface
Acknowledgments
I. Between Man and Animal
1. In the Beginning
2. The Misbegotten Man
II. The Weaker Vessel
3. Not in God's Image
4. The Less Noble Sex
5. The Hysteria of Woman
III. Creativity's Soil
6. Children of the Gods
7. The Weaker Seed
IV. The Beautiful Evil
8. In Man's Control
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

NANCY TUANA, Association Professor of the History of Ideas at the University of Texas at Dallas, has published in the philosophy of science and in feminist theory. She is the author of Woman and the History of Philosophy and the editor of Feminism and Science.

Riassunto

Provides a framework for understanding the persistence of the Western view of woman as inferior.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nancy Tuana, Tuana Nancy
• Editore: Indiana University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.12.1993
• EAN: 9780253208309
• ISBN: 978-0-253-20830-9
• Pagine: 240
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 360 g
• Serie: Race, Gender, & Science (Paper; Race, Gender, and Science; Race, Gender, & Science (Paper; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie