ISBN:
9780203122327
,
9780415899918
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 279 p
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Contemporary Feminist Pragmatism
DDC:
305.4201
Keywords:
Feminist theory
;
Pragmatism
;
Feminist theory
;
Pragmatism
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
pt. 1. Community and identity -- pt. 2. Political practice -- pt. 3. Ethics and inquiry
Abstract:
The notion of "feminist pragmatism" or "pragmatist feminism" has been around since Charlene Haddock Seigfried introduced it two decades ago. However, the bulk of the work in this field has been directed toward recovering the feminist strain of classical American philosophy, largely through renewed interest in the work of Jane Addams. This exploration of the origins of feminism and pragmatism has been fruitful in building a foundation for theoretical considerations. The editors of this volume believe the next logical step is the contemporary application to both theory and experience. Contempora
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Community and Identity; 1 Transforming Whiteness with Roycean Loyalty: A Pragmatist Feminist Account; 2 The Hostile Gospel and Democratic Faith: Black Feminist Reflections on Rap and John Dewey; 3 Border Communities and Royce: The Problem of Translation and Reinterpreting Feminist Empiricism; 4 Dynamic Borders, Dynamic Identities: A Pragmatist Ontology of "Groups" for Critical Multicultural Transnational Feminisms; 5 Solving the Problem of Epistemic Exclusion: A Pragmatist Feminist Approach
Description / Table of Contents:
PART II Political Practice6 Feminist-Pragmatist Democratic Practice and Contemporary Sustainability Movements: Mary Parker Follett, Jane Addams, Emily Greene Balch, and Vandana Shiva; 7 Community Gardeners or Radical Homemakers?; 8 Education's Role in Democracy: The Power of Pluralism; PART III Ethics and Inquiry; 9 Visionary Pragmatism and an Ethics of Connectivity: An Alternative to the Autonomy Tradition in Analytic Ethics; 10 The Revolutionary Fact of Compassion: William James, Buddhism, and the Feminist Ethics of Care
Description / Table of Contents:
11 Hospitality as Moral Inquiry: Sympathetic Knowledge in the Guest-Host Encounter12 A Methodological Interpretation of Feminist Pragmatism; 13 Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Women, Animals, and Oppression; 14 Natural Caring: A Pragmatist Feminist Approach to Ethics in the More-than-Human World; Contributors; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Available via World Wide Web
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