Knowledge, Difference, and Power: Essays Inspired by Women's Ways of of Knowing

By Nancy Rule Goldberger

Book Overview

An impressive and innovative follow up to Women's Ways of Knowing, this book shows how the authors' "ways of knowing" theory revolutionized the fields of law, education, psychology, and women's studies, to name but a few. In essence, this dynamic collection poses the ultimate question: Can we come to understand and respect diverse ways of knowing? Features: 15 essays, all written exclusively for this volume the essays are by the original authors of Women's Ways of Knowing and prominent contributors, including Sandra Harding, Aida Hurtado, Sara Ruddick, Michael Mahoney, and Patricinio Schweickart in separate chapters, the authors explore how their thinking has developed and changed since Women's Ways of Knowing argument is expanded beyond gender and knowledge to address the factors of color, class, and culture.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 046503733X
• ISBN13: 9780465037339
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Women's Ways of Knowing Part II

How do women learn? That question was first posed in the book "Women's Ways of Knowing". This book is a rebuttal. Many criticisms popped up after the publication of WWK and these concerns are addressed in "Knowledge, Difference, and Power". I like this book because it contains those criticisms, and if you read WWK, then you'll really appreciate that. What really needs to happen, besides the writing of these books, is that men and women acknowledge that the way women learn and understand things is just as valid as the way men do. We need equality in academia at all levels, as well as equal pay if women are to truly be equal.