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<i>An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy</i> (review)

An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy (review) Alison Stone An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2008, 248 pp. ISBN 978-0-745-63882-9 Sar a McNamar a For a long time it has been relatively easy for those working within “tradi- tional ” branches of philosophy—ethics, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, etc.—to dismiss feminist philosophy as providing merely feminist critiques of, or approaches to, philosophy. The perception has been that as a critique of philosophy, feminist philosophy is not itself properly philosophical, does not make a positive contribution to the field, and lacks a theory or theme that situates it as a distinct subdiscipline. A lison Stone’s recent An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy challenges this longstanding misconception, arguing that feminist philosophers have a mission that unites us—ending women’s oppression—and a set of questions or series of new concepts that set us apart from other t ypes of philosophy. This range of themes includes sex, gender, sexuality, sexual difference, essentialism, and birth. According to Stone, these “ key feminist philosophical concepts are either unexplored by non-feminist philosophers (e.g., sex, gender) or are understood by feminist philosophers in distinctive ways (sexuality, essentialism)” (3). By examining the development of these concepts by feminist philosophers, Stone lays claim to a territory http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png philoSOPHIA State University of New York Press

<i>An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy</i> (review)

McNamara, Sara.
philoSOPHIA , Volume 1 (2) – Jun 5, 2012
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Alison Stone An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2008, 248 pp. ISBN 978-0-745-63882-9 Sar a McNamar a For a long time it has been relatively easy for those working within “tradi- tional ” branches of philosophy—ethics, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, etc.—to dismiss feminist philosophy as providing merely feminist critiques of, or approaches to, philosophy. The perception has been that as a critique of philosophy, feminist philosophy is not itself properly philosophical, does not make a positive contribution to the field, and lacks a theory or theme that situates it as a distinct subdiscipline. A lison Stone’s recent An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy challenges this longstanding misconception, arguing that feminist philosophers have a mission that unites us—ending women’s oppression—and a set of questions or series of new concepts that set us apart from other t ypes of philosophy. This range of themes includes sex, gender, sexuality, sexual difference, essentialism, and birth. According to Stone, these “ key feminist philosophical concepts are either unexplored by non-feminist philosophers (e.g., sex, gender) or are understood by feminist philosophers in distinctive ways (sexuality, essentialism)” (3). By examining the development of these concepts by feminist philosophers, Stone lays claim to a territory

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