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Feminist Theory
Contributor(s): Cudd (Author)
ISBN: 1405116609     ISBN-13: 9781405116602
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
OUR PRICE:   $146.47  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2004
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Annotation: "Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology" addresses seven philosophically significant questions regarding feminism, its central concepts of sex and gender, and the project of centering women's experience.


The volume's well-chosen essays contemplate the nature of sexist oppression; the sex/gender distinction; how gender-based norms influence conceptions of rationality, knowledge, and scientific objectivity; feminist ethics; feminist perspectives on self and autonomy; whether there exist distinct feminine moral perspectives; and what would comprise true liberation.


With its introductory overview illustrating the development of feminism as a philosophical movement, this book can serve as a useful text in any philosophy course as well as a stand-alone text for a course in feminist theory.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
Dewey: 305.420
LCCN: 2004009495
Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
Physical Information: 1.52" H x 6.86" W x 9.9" (2.04 lbs) 444 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology addresses seven philosophically significant questions regarding feminism, its central concepts of sex and gender, and the project of centering women's experience.



  • Topics include the nature of sexist oppression, the sex/gender distinction, how gender-based norms influence conceptions of rationality, knowledge, and scientific objectivity, feminist ethics, feminst perspectives on self and autonomy, whether there exist distinct feminine moral perspectives, and what would comprise true liberation.



  • Features an introductory overview illustrating the development of feminism as a philosophical movement



  • Contains both classic and contemporary sources of feminist thought, including selections by Mary Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill, Simone de Beauvior, Kate Millett, bell hooks, Marilyn Frye, Martha Nussbaum, Louise Antony, Sally Haslanger, Helen Longino, Marilyn Friedman, Catharine MacKinnon, and Drucilla Cornell.