Beyond the margins : reflections of a feminist philosopher / Linda A. Bell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Linda A.

Series:

SUNY Series, Feminist Philosophy

SUNY series, feminist philosophy

SUNY series, Feminist Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bell, Linda A.

Feminism and education--United States.

Feminism and education.

Women in higher education--Social aspects--United States.

Women in higher education.

Philosophers--United States--Biography.

Philosophers.

Women philosophers--United States--Biography.

Women philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Incorporates memoir in the context of philosophical and political theory and argument.

Contents:

""Beyond the Margins""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Remembering a Life""; ""1. Philosophy A Lifeline""; ""2. Within Some Not-So-Hallowed Halls of Ivy: Mid to Late 1960's""; ""3. Unwrapping Anger""; ""4. A Chinese Fortune Cookie""; ""5. No, I Didn't Leave: A Cautionary Tale""; ""6. An Affirmative-Action Poster Professor""; ""7. A Sketchy History of Political Incorrectness as Experienced by a Survivor""; ""8. Do You, or Does Someone You Know, Have Vaginal Fortitude?""

""9. Individual Need and Societal Change: A Balancing Act Inspired by Virginia Woolf""""10. Can Men Really Not Control Themselves? A Response to Camille Paglia, 1991""; ""11. Focusing on Violence While Empowering Its Victims""; ""12. Two Days in the Life of an Academic Feminist: Mid 1990's""; ""13. An Aunt's Death: 1997""; ""Part II: How Theory Emerges from, Incorporates, and Challenges Such Experiences""; ""14. Different Oppressions: A Feminist Exploration of Sartre's Anti-Semite and Jew""; ""15. Friendship, Love, and Experience""

""16. I'm Sort of White and Mostly Middle Class Want to Make Something of It?""""17. Identity Politics, Standpoint Theory, and Objectivity: An Ongoing Argument with My Friend Diane L. Fowlkes""; ""18. Calvin Hears a Who: Calvin O. Schrag and Postmodern Selves""; ""Navigating Treacherous Waters: A Tentative Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"";

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-240) and index.

ISBN:

9780791486016

079148601X

OCLC:

923414435