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How are philosophy' and gender' implicated? Throughout history, philosophersmostly men, though with more women among their number than is sometimes supposedhave often sought to specify and justify the proper roles of women and men, and to explore the political consequences of sexual difference. The last forty years, however, have seen a dramatic explosion of critical thinking about how philosophy is a gendered discipline; there has also been an abundance of philosophical work that uses gender as a central analytic category. In particular, feminist philosophy has become established as a major field of inquiry, and it is now complemented by related emerging areas, including the philosophy of race and the philosophy of sex and love.

For those working in Philosophy and Gender dizzying questions such as the following arise:

  • What justifications were used historically for the exclusion or inclusion of women in political life, and what is their contemporary resona

Philosophy and Gender

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by Cressida Heyes

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    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
    Publication Date: 11/30/2011
    ISBN13: 9780415571142, 978-0415571142
    ISBN10: 0415571146

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society , Non Fiction

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    How are philosophy' and gender' implicated? Throughout history, philosophersmostly men, though with more women among their number than is sometimes supposedhave often sought to specify and justify the proper roles of women and men, and to explore the political consequences of sexual difference. The last forty years, however, have seen a dramatic explosion of critical thinking about how philosophy is a gendered discipline; there has also been an abundance of philosophical work that uses gender as a central analytic category. In particular, feminist philosophy has become established as a major field of inquiry, and it is now complemented by related emerging areas, including the philosophy of race and the philosophy of sex and love.

    For those working in Philosophy and Gender dizzying questions such as the following arise:

    • What justifications were used historically for the exclusion or inclusion of women in political life, and what is their contemporary resona

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