What Can She Know? : Feminist Theory and the Construction of Knowledge / Lorraine Code.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Code, Lorraine, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge, Theory of.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 349 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 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.Code 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 power on those relationships, and the ways in which knowledge can change both knower and known. In an exploration of the politics of knowledge that mainstream epistemologies sustain, she examines such issues as the function of knowledge in shaping institutions and the unequal distribution of cognitive resources.What Can She Know? will raise the level of debate concerning epistemological issues among philosophers, political and social scientists, and anyone interested in feminist theory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

CHAPTER ONE. Is the Sex of the Knower Epistemologically Significant?

CHAPTER TWO. Knowledge and Subjectivity

CHAPTER THREE. Second Persons

CHAPTER FOUR. The Autonomy of Reason

CHAPTER FIVE. Women and Experts: The Power of Ideology

CHAPTER SIX. Credibility: A Double Standard

CHAPTER SEVEN. Remapping the Epistemic Terrain

CHAPTER EIGHT. A Feminist Epistemology?

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-338) and index.

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ISBN:

9781501735738

150173573X

OCLC:

1132222273