| Description |
viii, 288 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Introducing philosophy ; 7 |
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Introducing philosophy ; 7
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| Contents |
1. Varieties of Epistemology -- 2. Feminism and 'Malestream' Epistemology -- 3. Feminism and Science -- 4. Feminist Empiricism -- 5. Naturalized Feminist Epistemology -- 6. The Importance of Standpoint in Feminism -- 7. Objectivity and Feminism -- 8. Knowledge and Power -- 9. Reason and Unreason in Feminism -- 10. Feminism and Postmodernism |
| Summary |
Could gender, race, and sexuality be relevant to knowledge? Although their positions and arguments differ in several respects, feminists have asserted that science, knowledge, and rationality cannot be severed from their social, political, and cultural aspects. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to feminist epistemologies situated at the intersection of philosophical, sociological, and cultural investigations of knowledge. It provides several critiques of more traditional approaches, and explores the alternatives proposed by feminists. In particular, this book contains extensive discussions of topics such as objectivity, rationality, power, and the subject |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Knowledge, Theory of.
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| LC no. |
98008784 |
| ISBN |
0631200126 (alk. paper) |
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0631200134 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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