Feminism and Philosophy: Perspectives on Difference and Equality

by Moira Gatens

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This extremely accessible textbook provides a wide-ranging analysisof the relations between philosophy and feminist thought. Examiningnot only feminist critiques of philosophical ideas, Gatens alsolooks at the ways in which feminist theory can be informed byphilosophical analysis and debates. Gatens adopts an historical approach, beginning with an analysisof Mary Wollstonecraft's critique of Rousseau. She then examinesattempts by Harriet Taylor and J. S. Mill to extend liberalprinciples to show more women's situation. Other chapters discuss the work ofmore recent philosophers, including Simone de Beauvoir, LuceIrigaray, Mary Daly and Dale Spender. Gatens concludes with adiscussion of current debates in the politics of sexualdifference. show less

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Moira Gatens is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney in Australia. Among her previous books is Collective Imaginings: Spinoza, Past and Present(1999).

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