Companion to Feminist Philosophy

Provides over 50 newly commissioned survey articles.
Includes a series of essays tracing the emergence of feminist philosophy in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.
Features a single comprehensive bibliography that serves as a valuable guide to the burgeoning literature in the field.

Including over 50 newly-commissioned survey articles, this volume represents a comprehensive guide to feminist philosophy. The advent and development of feminist philosophy is traced and contexualized by the editors in the introduction, followed by essays.

Auteur

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).

Texte du rabat

Including over 50 newly-commissioned survey articles, this outstanding volume represents the first truly comprehensive guide to feminist philosophy. The advent and development of feminist philosophy is traced and contextualized by the editors' introduction, followed by essays that reflect both conventional philosophical divisions as well as a number of topics absent from mainstream philosophy, and including sections on Feminist Perspectives on the Western Canon, Theories of Subjectivity and Embodiment, Moral Theory, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Knowledge, Philosophy of Language, Aesthetics and Practical Concerns. A unique feature is the inclusion of a series of essays tracing the emergence of feminist philosophy in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The single comprehensive bibliography provides a valuable guide to the burgeoning literature in the field.

Contenu

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.