The metaphysics of gender
By: Charlotte Witt
Series: Studies in feminist philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780199740406
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Sex role; Essentialism (Philosophy); Feminist theory; Philosophy; Gender identity; Sex
Description: 'The Metaphysics of Gender' is a book about gender essentialism what it is and why it might be true.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Two notions of essence; title: Gender and social normativity; title: Human organisms, social individuals, and persons; title: The argument for gender essentialism; title: The person, the social individual, and the self; title: Epilogue: gender essentialism and feminist politics.