Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
374 BOOK REVIEWS customs, which may be applicable even outside France. Showing for instance the dubious prominence of job selecting by interview, which favours an elite, Le Doeuff asks why it is ‘precisely the ‘‘top-level’’ selection procedures that are so impression- istic?’ Why indeed? This Notebook inspires perhaps more by the approach exhibited than the actual topics discussed. Hipparchia had to choose between study and the spinning wheel—hence the French title l’etude et le rouet (though I wonder whether the French readers think of Hipparchia when they hear these two words together, just as English readers may not know what choice she had to make). Now that women can go to university and study philosophy, the choice seems no longer that intimidating. Yet, it can still be difficult to enter a field which for centuries was dominated by a small, select group. Even though Le Doeuff shows that these problems affect women more than men, she also makes clear that the problems are essentially philosophical and thus should be of interest to all. She shows moreover that such difficulties can create inspiring philosophy, and Hipparchia’s Choice provides a prominent example. Hipparchia’s Choice is a book to be picked up
Literature and Theology – Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 5, 2008
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.