{"product_id":"what-can-she-know-9780801497209","title":"What Can She Know","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this lively and accessible book Lorraine Code addresses one of the most controversial questions in contemporary theory of knowledge, a question of fundamental concern for feminist theory as well: Is the sex of the knower epistemologically significant? Responding in the affirmative, Code offers a radical alterantive to mainstream philosophy''s terms for what counts as knowledge and how it is to be evaluated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCode first reviews the literature of established epistemologies and unmasks the prevailing assumption in Anglo-American philosophy that the knower is a value-free and ideologically neutral abstraction. Approaching knowledge as a social construct produced and validated through critical dialogue, she defines the knower in light of a conception of subjectivity based on a personal relational model. Code maps out the relevance of the particular people involved in knowing: their historical specificity, the kinds of relationships they have, the effects of social position and po\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book merits serious discussion and deserves a wide readership among philosophers of all persuasions.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Philosophical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWrtitten for philosophers, this work is remarkably lucid and readable, and is accessible to students and faculty in women's studies and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405179756887,"sku":"9780801497209","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-can-she-know-9780801497209","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}