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Philosophy in a Feminist Voice

Kourany, Janet A.

1997,1998

Overview

In this book, Janet Kourany offers an antidote to the pervasive and pernicious strains in Western philosophy that discount women. Most areas of Western philosophy tend not only to ignore women, but also to perpetuate long-standing antifeminine biases of the society as a whole. It does not have to be this way. Rather than be part of the problem, philosophy can be a powerful force for much needed social change. In this collection of essays by some of the most noted feminist philosophers, Kourany showcases ideas on the newest work of Western philosophy that is benefiting women as well as men. Included here are articles by Eileen O'Neill, Louise Antony, Virginia Held, Susan Okin, Carolyn Korsmeyer, Nancy Frankenberry, Lorraine Code, Janet Kourany, Andrea Nye, and Susan Bordo, all of whom show further directions in which philosophy ought to proceed. This book demonstrates that feminist philosophy is not a separate area of philosophy that can safely be ignored by philosophers not \"in\" it. Rather, it relates to at least most of the major areas of philosophy, and its gains will stand to benefit all philosophers, no matter what their field.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: A Defense of Abortion / A Vindication of the Rights of Woman / Annette Baier / Black feminism / Critique / Epistemology / Ethics & Moral Philosophy / Experimental philosophy / Female education / Feminism / Feminism (international relations) / Feminism -- Philosophy / Feminist aesthetics / Feminist art / Feminist criticism / Feminist empiricism / Feminist epistemology / Feminist ethics / Feminist history / Feminist language reform / Feminist legal theory / Feminist literary criticism / Feminist metaphysics / Feminist method / Feminist movement / Feminist philosophy / Feminist political theory / Feminist theology / Feminist theory / Form of life (philosophy) / Gender analysis / Gender neutrality / Gender role / Gender Trouble / Judith Jarvis Thomson / Liberal feminism / Maria Lugones / Martin Hollis (philosopher) / Morality / Nancy Cartwright (philosopher) / Nancy Fraser / Oppression / Philosopher / Philosophical analysis / Philosophical methodology / PHILOSOPHY / PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy / Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature / Philosophy of language / Philosophy of mind / Philosophy of religion / Philosophy of science / Political philosophy / Postmodernism / Process philosophy / Quietism (philosophy) / Reason / Sexism / Sister Outsider / Social feminism / Socialist feminism / Susan James (philosopher) / The Philosopher / The Subjection of Women / The woman question / Theory / Thought / Toward a Feminist Theory of the State / Victim feminism / Womanism / Womanist theology / Women in science / Women's history / Women's studies
• ISBN: 0691019363, 9780691019369, 9780691033136, 0691033137, 9781400822324, 1400822327