Beyond the Margins
Subtitle: Reflections of a Feminist Philosopher (Suny Series, Feminist Philosophy)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: November 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780791459034
Subjects: Higher & further education; Social aspects; Movements - Existentialism; Biography/Autobiography; Women; Biography & Autobiography; Philosophy; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Movements - General; Feminism & Feminist Theory; United States; Women in higher education; Philosophers; Bell, Linda A; Biography; Feminism and education
Description: "Presenting essays rich with her own personal experiences, philosopher Linda A. Bell examines not only her own life but also problems arising from ways that living affects thinking. She reflects on her own experience in order to challenge a variety of provocative claims, including: that affirmative action harms those it is designed to help; that suicide, while perhaps acceptable for some with fatal diseases, is otherwise a manifestation of mental illness; that women are to blame for male violence toward them if they don't leave the relationship; that a low profile is the best path to success for women in academe; that women are treated fairly in academe, perhaps even better than men; and that "political correctness" is a recent and aberrant move away from respect for freedom of speech. Although drawing from experience as she creates and critiques theory, Bell argues against the view that it is the bedrock of theory."--Jacket.