A Companion to Feminist Philosophy

A Companion to Feminist Philosophy

A Companion to Feminist Philosophy

A Companion to Feminist Philosophy

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Overview

Including over 50 newly-commissioned survey articles, this outstanding volume represents the first truly comprehensive guide to feminist philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780631220671
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 02/03/2000
Series: Blackwell Companions to Philosophy , #10
Edition description: Revised ed.
Pages: 724
Product dimensions: 6.72(w) x 9.70(h) x 2.03(d)

About the Author

Alison M. Jagger is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Her books include Feminist Frameworks co-edited with Paula Rothenberg (3e, 1993); Feminist Politics and Human Nature (1983); Gender/Body/Knowledge: Feminist Reconstructions of Being and Knowing, co-edited with Susan R. Bordo (1989); and Living with Contradictions: Controversies in Feminist Social Ethics (1994). Jaggar was a founding member of the Society for Women in Philosophy and is past Chair of the American Philosophical Committee on the Status of Women.

Iris Marion Young is Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, where she teaches ethics, political philosophy, and women's studies. She is the author of Justice and the Politics of Difference (1990) and Intersecting Voices: Dilemmas of Gender, Political Philosophy and Policy (1997).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Alison M. Jaggar and Iris Marion Young.

Part I: The Western Canonical Tradition:.

1. Ancient Greek Philosophy: Rhoda Kotzin.

2. Modern Rationalism: Moira Gatens.

3. Empiricism: Lynn Hankinson Nelson.

4. Kant: Robin Schott.

5. Pragmatism: Charlene Haddock Seigried.

6. Modern Moral and Political Philosophy: Herta Nagl-Docekal.

7. Existentialism and Phenomenology: Sonia Kruks.

8. Post-modernism: Chris Weedon.

Part II: Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe:.

9. Latin America: Ofelia Schutte.

10. Africa: Sophie Oluwele.

11. China: Chun Lin, Bohong Liu and Yihong Jin.

12. Indian subcontinent: Vrinda Dalmiya.

13. Eastern Europe: Gordana Duhacek.

Part III: Language:.

14. Language and Power: Lynne Tirrell.

15. Semantics: Andrea Nye.

Part IV: Knowledge and Nature:.

16. Rationality: Genevieve Lloyd.

17. Epistemology: Lorraine Code.

18. Natural Sciences: Kathleen Lennon.

19. Biological Sciences: Lynda Birke.

20. Social Sciences: Mary Hawkesworth.

21. The Environment: Val Plumwood.

Part V: Religion:.

22. Christianity: Catherine Keller.

23. Islam: Bafarat Tayyab.

24. Judaism: Rachel Adler.

Part VI: Subjectivity and Embodiment:.

25. Self/Other: Michelle Moody Adams.

26. Post-Modern Subjectivity: Tina Chanter.

27. Psychoanalytic feminism: Teresa Brennan.

28. Human Nature: Nancy Holmstrom.

29. Gender: Linda Nicholson.

30. Sexual Difference Theory: Rosi Braidotti.

31. Sexuality: Jacqueline Zita.

32. Body Politics: Sandra Bartky.

33. Disability: Anita Silvers.

Part VII: Art:.

34. Aesthetics: Cornelia Klinger.

35. Film Theory: Cynthia Freeland.

Part VIII: Ethics:.

36. Moral Epistemology: Margaret Walker.

37. Agency: Diana Meyers.

38. Care: Andrea Maihofer.

39. Impartiality: Marilyn Friedman.

40. Lesbian Ethics: Sarah Lucia Hoagland.

41. Communicative Ethics: Joanna Meehan.

42. Health Care: Susan Sherwin.

43. Procreation: Laura Shanner.

Part IX: Society:.

44. Education: Jane Martin.

45. Work: Barbara Hilkert Andolsen.

46. Privacy: Anita Allen.

47. Community: Maria Lugones.

48. Racism: Linda Martin Alcoff.

Part X: Politics:.

49. Justice: Elizabeth Kiss.

50. Rights: Virginia Held.

51. Democracy: Anne Phillips.

52. Socialism: Ann Ferguson.

53. Anglo-American Law: Katharine T. Bartlett.

54. Islamic Law: Azizah al-Hibri.

55. International Justice: Natalie Dandekar.

56. Equal Opportunity: Laurie Shrage.

57. Social Policy: Eva Kittay.

58. War and Peace: Sara Ruddick.

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