In this paper we situate this core idea in feminist epistemologies with respect to debates about social constructivism. First, it has critiqued the notion of woman as a unified object of theorizing and as a unified subject of knowing lugones and spelman. Feminist epistemologies, coeditor, routledge, 1993. Also forthcoming is another anthology coedited with jack caputo on the politics of love.
Responsibility edited and with an introduction by linda alcoff and elizabeth potter. By 1993, alcoff and potter noted that feminist epistemology should no. Contemporary perspectives feminists are a very diverse lot, but one thing they all share is a commitment to gender equality and a determination to bring it about. By 1993, alcoff and potter noted that feminist epistemology should no longer be taken as involving a commitment to gender as the primary axis of oppression, in any sense of primary, or positing that gender is a theoretical variable separable from other axes of oppression and susceptible to a unique analysis alcoff and potter 1993.
From 2012 to 20, she served as president of the american philosophical association apa, eastern division. The contributors include the best secular feminist philosophers of the period. Rowling introduction according to peter barrys book, feminism was born because of women are disadvantaged by comparison with men and the unequal treatment towards women by men. Standpoint theory, situated knowledge and the situated. Feminist epistemology is an examination of epistemology the study of knowledge from a feminist standpoint. Feminist epistemology is a loosely organized approach to epistemology, rather than a particular school or theory. Alcoff and potter 1993 inform us that when feminists began working in the field of. Feminist epistemologies thinking gender kindle edition. Feminist epistemologies hold that differences in the social locations of inquirers make for epistemic differences, for instance, in the sorts of things that inquirers are justified in believing. Her books and anthologies include feminist epistemologies coedited with elizabeth potter routledge, 1993, thinking from the underside of history coedited with eduardo. Key feminist manifestos demonstrate the crucial link between feminist theory and application.
Rowlings harry potter series exemplifies a young adult feminist novel in many ways. House elveswomen in disguisein the harry potter books. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the feminist queer crip, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Feminist social epistemology stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Standpoint theory, situated knowledge and the situated imagination. Information on feminist epistemology theories of knowledge. Feminist epistemology, feminist methodology, and the study of gender springerlink. Feminist epistemologies by linda alcoff, 978181552, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading feminist epistemologies thinking gender. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having. You should be able to address the essay in 1015 minutes. Feminist epistemology university of maryland, baltimore. An appropriate starting point for a discussion of feminist epistemology is sandra hardings seminal book the science question in feminism.
Harry potter through the focus of feminist literary theory. Nielsen book data summary feminist epistemology is a collection of original essays exploring the intersections of gender and knowledge. The central concept of feminist epistemology is of situated. Feminist criticism theory in the novel harry potter by j. When reading a book from a feminist point of view, most feminist critics look for character development and a strong portrayal of females involved in nontraditional activities yeo 2. In addition, i examine the public messages of feminist science critics and of women scientists to determine whether strategies arising from feminist standpoint epistemologies are useful to women struggling to achieve equity and to transform science. Feminist epistemologies is chapter ii from discovering feminist philosophy. Youre talking about it, rather than describing the whole piece in detail. Over the last several decades, feminist scholars have become increasingly more reflective with regard to the research process. New versions of the coherence theory of knowledge 1996, epistemology. Its diversity mirrors the diversity of epistemology generally, as well as the diversity of theoretical. Many people believe that gender equality has been achieved. Analysis and interpretation in international political thought section.
Situating feminist epistemology episteme cambridge core. This book inaugurates a field of study at the intersection of feminist philosophy and epistemology proper. Examples of unfounded criticism krunoslav mikulan abstract joanne kathleen rowlings series of novels about harry potter has attracted the attention of numerous literary critics. Feminist literary criticism and harry potter haley keller. In this important book, richmond campbell attempts to dispel some. Linked bibliography for the sep article feminist social epistemology by. Feminist standpoint epistemologists believe that there are cognitive gaps between evidence and theory crumley 215. Feminist epistemology emerges from reflection on feminist inquiry. While methods themselves are not inherently gendered, feminists agree on the need for feminist questions to infuse all parts of the research process. Feminist epistemologies thinking gender kindle edition by alcoff, linda, potter, elizabeth. She has held an acls fellowship, a society for the humanities at cornell. Calling it a book on logic only led his readers in the wrong direction and. Feminist philosophy began on the margins, in the applied fields where practical concerns met with the political issues central to the womens movement. The main part of this list comprises readings that correspond to each of the five sections of the comprehensive exam.
Its the foundational text for feminism feminist theory and feminist epistemology. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. The time is right for a work of feminist philosophy that engages the traditional problematics of epistemology. Since these instigating contributions, and across the past four decades, the. Professor linda alcoff on cspan book tv professor carol gould receives 2015 apa joseph b. Feminist epistemology is a collection of original essays exploring the intersections of gender and knowledge. Feminist epistemologists, in common with many other contemporary thinkers, no longer regard knowledge as a neutral transparent reflection of an independently ordered reality with truth and falsity established by transcendent procedures of rational assessment.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. It aims to show that the entire enterprise is a failure. Feminist epistemologies, coedited with elizabeth potter. But feminist epistemology is better understood as the branch of naturalized, social epistemology that studies the various influences of norms and. Its written in the theory side of language, so sometimes its quite difficult to understand what exactly the different authors are saying, but it has really expanded my understanding of feminism from what i thought was a post civil rights lesbian movement, to a post modern inter. Feminist epistemology conceives of knowers as situated in particular. Until now, the term feminist epistemology has typically been used to denote womens ways of knowing, womens experience, and the critique of specific theories about women. A lexicon gives concise definitions of 12 key concepts. They offer diverse perspectives, presenting feminist theory developed within angloamerican colleges as well as texts from nonanglo americans and examples of feminist theorizing outside academia.
Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science studies the ways in which gender does and ought to influence our conceptions of knowledge, the knowing subject, and practices of inquiry and justification. Epistemology, feminist epistemologies, linda alcoff and elizabeth potter eds. Feminist philosophy began on the margins, in the applied fields where practical. Linda martin alcoff is associate professor of philosophy at syracuse university. Well scrutinize various feminist accounts of objectivity, truth, and knowledge with an eye toward the political. In addition to feminist standpoint epistemology, well look at epistemologies of ignorance, and epistemologies of resistance. Feminist social epistemology stanford encyclopedia of. Core themes in feminist epistemology can be understood by considering a prima facie tension between two distinct strands of feminist research, one critical and one constructive. A theory of knowledge that delineates a set of assumptions about the social world and about who can be a knower and what can be known.
When it is your turn to present a reading assume everyone has read it. Feminist standpoint epistemology uses a multitude of perspectives to gain a foundation for knowledge and so avoids becoming skepticism. Knowledge, ethics, politics, written by robin may schott, published in 2003. Dec 10, 2015 we should all be reading adichies book as well as countless other feminist books from around the globe that expand and consequently strengthen the feminist movement. Steve fullers book social epistemology appeared in 1988 and in 1994. An interpretation and a defense elizabeth anderson feminist epistemology has often been understood as the study of feminine ways of knowing.
Sep 06, 2015 there are a variety of points of view that oppose feminism so i have done my best to collect some helpful books that present things from some of these points of view. Most feminist epistemologies those named above have been feminist adaptations of extant philosophical orientations. This paper questions the problems of multiple readings from the viewpoint of feminist literary theory. Identity politics reconsidered, coedited with michael hamesgarcia, paula moya and satya mohanty. Anderson describes feminist epistemology as being concerned with the way in which gender influences our concept of knowledge and practices of inquiry and justification. Feminist epistemology is an outgrowth of both feminist theorizing about gender and traditional epistemological concerns. The big questions blackwell, 1998, and thinking from the underside of history edited, with eduardo.
Books feminist epistemologies this is the first collection by influential feminist theorists to focus on the heart of traditional epistemology, dealing with such issues as the nature of knowledge and objectivity from a gender perspective. Women ask for their rights, because they believed that they deserve equality. Her books and anthologies include feminist epistemologies, coedited with elizabeth potter. Are there feminist research methods mona lena krook. This book ties together power and academic discourse from a feminist perspective. Modern epistemology has run into several paradoxes in its efforts to explain how knowledge acquisition can be both socially based and thus apparently contextrelative and still able to determine objective facts about the world. Is part of book title feminist epistemologies authors linda alcoff, elizabeth potter date 1993 publisher routledge pub place new york volume thinking gender isbn10 0415904501, 041590451x. Another way to start thinking about feminist epistemology is to consider what feminists engaged in inquiry, in the production of knowledge. New versions of the coherence theory of knowledge 1996 and coeditor of feminist epistemologies 1993 which was named a critics choice book for 1993 by the american educational studies association. Feminist epistemologies by linda alcoff, 9780415904506, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Feminist epistemology internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Students interested in embodied epistemologies as developed in feminism, phenomenology, queer theory. Sociological theory soc 301 final flashcards quizlet. Feminist epistemologies, methodologies and method springerlink.
I am interested in learning as much about the different approaches to feminism as. Scrutinizing feminist epistemology, edited by cassandra pinnick, noretta koertge, and robert almeder, henceforth, sfe offers a systematic critique of feminist epistemology. Feminist epistemology, feminist methodology, and the study. Belenky, mary field, et al, 1986, womens ways of knowing, new york. Establishing a technofeminist research identitycomposing media composingembodiment. Her books include feminist epistemologies edited, with elizabeth potter, 1993, real knowing. It identifies ways in which dominant conceptions and practices of knowledge attribution, acquisition, and justification systematically. Buy feminist epistemologies thinking gender 1 by alcoff, linda, potter, elizabeth isbn. In feminist epistemologies, linda alcoff and elizabeth potter 1993 note in their introductory. Feminism needs global voices here are eight books we should. Feminist epistemologies thinking gender linda alcoff, elizabeth potter on.
What is common to feminist epistemologies is an emphasis on the epistemic. It focuses on the heart of traditional epistemology a field of study that until now has proved largely impervious to feminist enquiry. As an epistemological antidote to swinburne, i recommend a leftfield feminist volume, a book i keep coming back to. Linda martin alcoff born july 25, 1955 in panama is a philosopher at the city university of new york who specializes in epistemology, feminism, race theory and existentialism. Some of this information was contibuted by stesha day. The graduate center, the city university of new york established in 1961, the graduate center of the city university of new york cuny is devoted primarily to doctoral studies and awards most of cunys doctoral degrees. Phenomenology, poststructuralism, and the feminist theory on the concept of experience, in feminist phenomenology. In such a world, why dwell on the dualism between the sexes. Feminist critics might be interested in studying why rowling decided to use harrys mother for this position instead of his father. Articles merleauponty and feminist theory on experience. Publication date 1992 topics feminist theory, knowledge, theory of publisher new york. Please note, however, that these readings do not by themselves provide sufficient overall background to pass the exam. Jul 26, 2016 the love of mothers is a powerful image through the harry potter series.
The traditional core of philosophy including epistemology remained intact, impervious to any inquiry that appealed to values, politics, or gender. Feminist epistemology and philosophy of science stanford. Decolonizing feminism in the age of intersectionality. To build adequate knowledge, we need to be explicit about our epistemological assumptions so we can use these to critically assess our methodological choices. Lily potter died in order to save harrys life, and her sacrifice becomes a key aspect of harry finally defeating voldemort. Therefore, endarkened feminist epistemologies are crucial, as they speak to the failures of traditional patriarchal and liberal educational scholarship and examine the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Feminist epistemology tuin major reference works wiley. Blackwell guide to feminist philosophy, coedited with eva feder kittay. Epistemology has become a crucial issue for feminism and feminism has become a crucial issue for epistemology. An internationally recognized center for advanced studies and a national model for public doctoral education, the graduate center offers more than thirty doctoral programs in.