Singing in the Fire (eBook)

Stories of Women in Philosophy

Linda Martin Alcoff (Herausgeber)

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2003
184 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4616-6625-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It provides a glimpse at the experiences of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field.

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Ask most people to imagine a philosopher and they probably think of someone like Socrates-absent-minded, perhaps, but with a sharp intellect and a thirst for the truth. A woman juggling car pools and housework is not the first image that springs to mind, but women have taken huge steps in the philosophy profession over the past 50 years. Still, to this day, well-established women philosophers continue to face sexism from colleagues and students. Singing in the Fire is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It mines the experience of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field. These women are leaders and innovators, looking back on how they have been treated, how they might have done things differently, and how we might make progress in future generations.

Autor

Linda Mart'n Alcoff is professor of philosophy, political science, and women's studies at Syracuse University.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 A Life Sentence in BohemiaChapter 2 How not to make the right career movesChapter 3 Finding my voice: reminiscence of an outlawChapter 4 Taking oneself seriously, but not tooChapter 5 Freethinking?Chapter 6 Etc.Chapter 7 What's a brown girl like you doing in the ivory tower? or, How I became a feminist philosopherChapter 8 'Don't smile so much': Philosophy and women in the 1970'sChapter 9 At the feet of Mrs. RamseyChapter 10 Autobiography of a whistle-blowerChapter 11 Philosophy and life: A singular case of their interconnectionChapter 12 Getting here from there

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.10.2003
• Co-Autor: Sandra Bartky, Kristin Schrader-Frechette, Ofelia Schutte, Karen Warren, Teresa Brennan, Claudia Card, Virginia Held, Alison Jaggar, Stephanie Lewis, Uma Narayan, Martha Nussbaum, Andrea Nye
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• ISBN-10: 1-4616-6625-2 / 1461666252
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4616-6625-7 / 9781461666257