Presenting Women Philosophers

By Cecile Tougas

An examination of the breadth of women's contributions to Western thought over some 900 years. Arranged thematically, the collection ranges across eras and literary genres as it emphasizes the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566397618
• ISBN13: 9781566397612
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Feminist resource

One of the great works of the past decades in philosophy has been the retrieval of lost women philosophers. This anthology provides a number of commentaries on women philosophers who are less known as well as some new commentary on those who have already gained some recognition. There's a nice blend here of different approaches: literary, historical, speculative. Gerdner's opening essay on the problem of the history of women's philosophy is extremely interesting.

Expanding the canon

Many of us want to expand our philosophy and other humanities courses to include the voices of women. This is an excellent resource to do so. The essays open up the writings of women from different periods and show the different types of philosophy they developed. The thematic grouping is also appealing. It challenges the dustier chronological approach.

Silence, please

When I started my work in philosophy, I was informed that there were no women philosophers---well, there were, but the few female stars (Arendt, Weill, Beauvoir) were more "journalists" than philosophers. They can't get away with that anymore. And the reason they can't are books like this. This is a great anthology of essays on women philosophers. There are many fine pieces here on contemporary issues in women's philosophy. But I especially enjoyed the work on women thinkers from the past. Madame de Condorcet was new to me. I also liked the focus on philosophies of love and friendship---an important area of ethics, too often dismissed as sentimental. They can't silence the philosophical voice of women anymore.