"This highly-readable work traces a set of beliefs about the nature of woman that have informed, and in turn have been reinforced by, science, religion, and philosophy from the classical period to the
A systematic examination of the ways in which women and traits viewed as feminine are presented in the theories of major philosophers. Tuana provides a reading strategy that helps reveal the underlyin
The essays in this anthology explore the full spectrum of Plato's philosophy and are representative of the variety of perspectives within feminist criticism. The essays in the first section focus prim
"... thoughtful critiques of the myriad issues between women and science." —Belles Lettres"Outstanding collection of essays that raise the fundamental questions of gender in what we have been taught a
The past twenty years have seen an explosion of work by feminist philosophers and several surveys of this work have documented the richness of the many different ways of doing feminist philosophy. But
Offering a wide variety of philosophical approaches to the neglected philosophical problem of ignorance, this collection builds on Charles Mills's claim that racism involves an inverted epistemology,
Revealing Male Bodies is the first scholarly collection to directly confront male lived experience. There has been an explosion of work in men’s studies, masculinity issues, and male sexuality, in add