Feminist Theory : A Philosophical Anthology

This Anthology addresses seven philosophically significant questions regarding feminism, its central concepts of sex and gender, and the project of centering women's experience.

Ann E. Cudd is Professor of Philosophy and Director of Women’s Studies at the University of Kansas. She is co-editor of Theorizing Backlash: Philosophical Reflections on the Resistance to Feminism (with Anita Superson, 2002).

Robin O. Andreasen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the University of Delaware. Her work has been featured in many journals including The British Journal of Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Science, and Biology and Philosophy.

Acknowledgments

viii

Introduction

1

(4)

Part I What is Feminism?

5

(64)

Introduction

7

(62)

1 Of the Pernicious Effects which Arise from the Unnatural Distinctions Established in Society

11

(6)

Mary Wollstonecraft

2 The Subjection of Women

17

(10)

John Stuart Mill

3 Introduction from The Second Sex

27

(10)

Simone de Beauvoir

4 Theory of Sexual Politics

37

(23)

Kate Millett

5 Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory

60

(11)

bell hooks

Part II What is Sexism?

69

(46)

Introduction

71

(44)

6 Sexism

73

(11)

Ann E. Cudd and Leslie E. Jones

7 Oppression

84

(7)

Marilyn Frye

8 Five Faces of Oppression

91

(14)

Iris Marion Young

9 On Psychological Oppression

105

(10)

Sandra Bartky

Part III What is Gender?

115

(56)

Introduction

117

(2)

10 Pre-theoretical Assumptions in Evolutionary Explanations of Female Sexuality

119

(8)

Elisabeth A. Lloyd

11 Natures and Norms

127

(18)

Louise M. Antony

12 Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire

145

(9)

Judith Butler

13 Gender and Race: (What) Are They? (What) Do We Want Them To Be?

154

(17)

Sally Haslanger

Part IV Is Knowledge Gendered?

171

(66)

Introduction

173

(4)

14 The Man of Reason

177

(11)

Genevieve Lloyd

15 Feminist Epistemology: An Interpretation and a Defense

188

(22)

Elizabeth Anderson

16 Can there be a Feminist Science?

210

(8)

Helen E. Longino

17 Rethinking Standpoint Epistemology: What is "Strong Objectivity "?

218

(19)

Sandra Harding

Part V Is Value Gendered?

237

(88)

Introduction

239

(4)

18 The Need for More than Justice

243

(8)

Annette C. Baier

19 An Ethic of Care

251

(13)

Joan Tronto

20 Vulnerability and the Moral Nature of Dependence Relations

264

(16)

Eva Feder Kittay

21 Feminist Contractarianism

280

(22)

Jean Hampton

22 Women and Cultural Universals

302

(23)

Martha C. Nussbaum

Part VI What is a Self?

325

(52)

Introduction

327

(2)

23 Autonomy and Identity in Feminist Thinking

329

(10)

Jean Grimshaw

24 Autonomy, Social Disruption, and Women

339

(13)

Marilyn Friedman

25 Forgetting Yourself

352

(13)

Anita L. Allen

26 Outliving Oneself

365

(12)

Susan Brison

Part VII What Would Liberation Be?

377

(45)

Introduction

379

(4)

27 Conclusion from The Second Sex

383

(9)

Simone de Beauvoir

28 Difference and Dominance: On Sex Discrimination

392

(11)

Catharine A. MacKinnon

29 Toward a Humanist Justice

403

(11)

Susan Moller Okin

30 Feminism, Utopianism, and the Role of the Ideal in Political Philosophy

414

(8)

Drucilla Cornell

Index

422

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