By Catherine Villanueva Gardner

Having simply emerged long ago few many years, Feminist Philosophy is swiftly constructing its personal thrust in components of specific significance to feminism_and ladies extra generally_while additionally reevaluating and reshaping so much different fields of philosophy, from ethics to good judgment and Marxism to environmentalism. It attracts not just on feminist philosophers yet criticizes, approves, or appropriates the paintings of the top philosophers of all occasions. The creation to this reference paintings presents an invaluable assessment of the topic zone and the chronology runs the gamut from historical Greek philosophers to modern feminist ones. The cross-referenced dictionary entries hide either the vital figures and concepts from the ancient culture of philosophy, in addition to principles and theories from modern feminist philosophy, resembling epistemology (the philosophy of technology) and issues which have been brought by means of the feminist stream itself, like abortion and sexuality. as well as including...

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Nothing proves this more emphatically than feminist philosophy, a sector which barely existed a few short decades ago and which is steadily growing. Unlike other sectors, it is in some ways narrower, focusing on the situation of women but not by any means restricted to women philosophers. For the moment, most of the activity is limited to North America and Europe, but the boundaries are gradually expanding. In other ways, it is much broader, having something to say about works of many of the canonical philosophers, sometimes approving, sometimes criticizing, and occasionally appropriating.

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