Feminist Metaphysics Explorations in the Ontology of Sex, Gender and the Self /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Witt, Charlotte (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Metaphysics.; Sociology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Philosophy, general.; Gender Studies.

The present volume is an exciting new collection of original essays by outstanding feminist theorists including Sally Haslanger, Marilyn Frye and Linda Alcoff. Feminist Metaphysics is the first collection of articles addressing metaphysical issues from a feminist perspective. The essays cover centra...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction; Charlotte Witt
• Part I: The Ontology of Sex and Gender
• 1. What is Gender Essentialism?; Charlotte Witt
• 2. Different Women: Gender and the Realism/Nominalism Debate; Natalie Stoljar
• 3. The Metaphysics of Sex and Gender; Ásta Kristjana Sveinsdóttir
• 4. Ontological Commitments, Sex and Gender; Mari Mikkola
• 5. The Metaphors of Being a Φ; Marilyn Frye
• Part II: Persons and Subjectivity
• 6. The Metaphysics of Relational Autonomy; Jules Holroyd
• 7. Beauvoir and the Allure of Self-Objectification; Nancy Bauer
• 8. A Phenomenology of Sexual Difference: Types, Styles and Persons; Sara Heinämaa
• Part III: Power, Ideology and Reality
• 9. The Politics and Metaphysics of Experience; Marianne Janack
• 10. Ideology, Generics, and Common Ground; Sally Haslanger
• 11. Experience and Knowledge: The Case of Sexual Abuse Memories; Linda Alcoff
• Index.