{"product_id":"women-in-philosophy-9780199325610","title":"Women in Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite its place in the humanities, the career prospects and numbers of women in philosophy much more closely resemble those found in the sciences and engineering. This book collects a series of critical essays by female philosophers pursuing the question of why philosophy continues to be inhospitable to women and what can be done to change it. By examining the social and institutional conditions of contemporary academic philosophy in the Anglophone world as well as its methods, culture, and characteristic commitments, the volume provides a case study in interpretation of one academic discipline in which women''s progress seems to have stalled since initial gains made in the 1980s. Some contributors make use of concepts developed in other contexts to explain women''s under-representation, including the effects of unconscious biases, stereotype threat, and micro-inequities. Other chapters draw on the resources of feminist philosophy to challenge everyday understandings of time, communi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an important volume for philosophy as an institution. It raises many difficult questions for the institution of philosophy with regard to its own internal injustices and what is being left out of academic philosophy itself. The articles also offer many useful suggestions for how we might do things differently, so that more women want to be philosophers and help to change the discipline so that it can more closely resemble what it has long claimed to be: a universal discipline, inclusive of human thought. * Hypatia: A Journal for Feminist Philosophy *\u003cbr\u003eWomen in Philosophy is a call for changes that need to be adopted by all philosophers but especially our male colleagues. Every philosophy department needs to have at least one copy of this book so that it can be passed around and then discussed. The discussions prompted will be philosophically challenging because the book is philosophy done well. May those discussions also bring about the kinds of changes that make philosophy better. * Peg O' Connor, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements ; 1. Introduction: Searching for Sofia: Gender and Philosophy in the 21st Century ; Fiona Jenkins and Katrina Hutchison ; 2. Women in Philosophy: Why Should We Care? ; Marilyn Friedman ; 3. Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Women in Philosophy ; Jennifer Saul ; 4. Women and deviance in philosophy ; Helen Beebee ; 5. Singing the Post-Discrimination Blues: Notes for a Critique of Academic Meritocracy ; Fiona Jenkins ; 6. Sages and Cranks: The Difficulty of Identifying First-Rate Philosophers ; Katrina Hutchison ; 7. Models and Values: Why Did New Zealand Philosophy Departments Stop Hiring Women Philosophers? ; Adriane Rini ; 8. Not Just a Pipeline Problem: Improving Women's Participation in Philosophy in Australia ; Susan Dodds and Eliza Goddard ; 9. Women in and out of Philosophy ; Catriona Mackenzie and Cynthia Townley ; 10. Rethinking the Moral Significance of Micro-Inequities: The Case of Women in Philosophy ; Samantha Brennan ; 11. The Silencing of Women ; Justine McGill ; 12. Finding Time for Philosophy ; Michelle Bastian ; Appendix 1: Seeing the Trends in the Data ; Glenys Bishop, with Helen Beebee, Eliza Goddard and Adriane Rini ; Appendix 2: Statistical Analyses ; Glenys Bishop ; Contributor Biographies ; Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767010066775,"sku":"9780199325610","price":34.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199325610.jpg?v=1758712018","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-in-philosophy-9780199325610","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}