The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader: Intellectual and Political Controversies
Harding's work on standpoint theory has been groundbreaking. -- Alison Jagger, author ofLiving withContradictions: Controversies in Feminist Social EthicsStandpoint theory has a very wide impact, from the humanities to the natural sciences.In bringing together a variety of standpoint literatures and demonstrating how important these lines of thought have become, this is a very strong collection. -- Nancy Harstock, Professor of Political Science, University of WashingtonAn essential resource for feminist theorists, researchers, women's studies students, and activists alike.  This excellent anthology offers a rich interdisciplinary assessment of the impact of feminist standpoint theory in diverse fields and includes responses to postmodern and postcolonial challenges to standpoint epistemology. -- Nancy A. Naples, author ofFeminism and MethodI can think of no other volume that covers this important area in feminist philosophy so well.  It brings together the classics ofthe past with the best of the present. This is the place to go for standpoint theory. -- Linda Nicholson, author ofThe Play of Reason: From the Modernto the PostmodernThe Feminist Standpoint Theory Readertracks, translates and augments several decades of classics and au courant contributions to what is perhaps the most significant theoretical discourse developed by interdisciplinary feminist theory. -- Judith Stacey is the author ofBraveNew Families: Stories of Domestic Upheaval inLate-Twentieth-Century AmericaAn invaluable book to read and reflect on-to teach in classrooms where education is seen as the practice of freedom. -- Chandra Talpade Mohanty, author ofFeminismWithout Borders: Decolonizing Theory, PracticingSolidarity