Feminist theory
Subtitle: a philosophical anthology
By: edited by Ann E. Cudd and Robin O. Andreasen.
Contributors: Cudd, Ann E., 1959-; Andreasen, Robin O.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Blackwell philosophy anthologies -- 23
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 432
Subjects: Feminism.; Feminist theory.
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, feminist 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. Bringing together classic essays from a number of well-known philosophers and feminist theorists, this work features an introductory overview illustrating the development of feminism as a philosophical movement. Feminist Theory: A Philosophical Anthology addresses seven philosophically significant questions regarding feminism, its central concepts of sex and gender, and the project of centering womenrsquo;s experience. The volume's 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. What is feminism?; title: Of the pernicious effects which arise from the unnatural distinctions established in society / Mary Wollstonecraft; title: The subjection of women / John Stuart Mill; title: Introduction from The second sex / Simone de Beauvoir; title: Theory of sexual politics / Kate Millett; title: Black women : shaping feminist theory / bell hooks; title: pt. II. What is sexism?; title: Sexism / Ann E. Cudd and Leslie E. Jones; title: Oppression / Marilyn Frye; title: Five faces of oppression / Iris Marion Young; title: On psychological oppression / Sandra Bartky; title: pt. III. What is gender?; title: Pre-theoretical assumption in evolutionary explanations of female sexuality / Elizabeth A. Lloyd; title: Natures and norms / Louise M. Antony; title: Subjects of sex/gender/desire / Judith Butler; title: Gender and race : (What) are they? (What) do we want them to be? / Sally Haslanger; title: pt. IV. Is knowledge gendered?; title: The man of reason / Genevieve Lloyd; title: Feminist epistemology : an interpretation and a defense / Elizabeth Anderson; title: Can there be a feminist science? / Helen E. Longino.; title: Rethinking standpoint epistemology : what is "strong objectivity"? / Sandra Harding; title: pt. V. Is value gendered?; title: The need for more than justice / Annette C. Baier; title: An ethic of care / Joan Tronto; title: Vulnerability and the moral nature of dependency relations / Eva Feder Kittay; title: Feminist contractarianism / Jean Hampton; title: Women and cultural universals / Martha C. Nussbaum; title: pt. VI. What is a self?; title: Autonomy and identity in feminist thinking / Jean Grimshaw; title: Autonomy, social disruption, and women / Marilyn Friedman; title: Forgetting yourself / Anita L. Allen; title: Outliving oneself / Susan Brison; title: pt. VII. What would liberation be?; title: Conclusion from The second sex / Simone de Beauvoir; title: Difference and dominance : on sex discrimination / Catharine A. MacKinnon; title: Toward a humanist justice / Susan Moller Okin; title: Feminism, utopianism, and the role of the ideal in political philosophy / Drucilla Cornell.