Feminist Epistemologies

By Elizabeth Potter and Linda Martín Alcoff

Book Overview

This is the first collection by influential feminist theorists to focus on the heart of traditional epistemology, dealing with such issues as the nature of knowledge and objectivity from a gender perspective.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041590451X
• ISBN13: 9780415904513
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

this is an excellent book, worthy of reading and re-reading.

Feminist Epistemologies is a collection of a number of essays, by different authors with varying backgrounds. Dealing with the braod subject of feminism, Feminist Epistemologies touches on the key concepts that constitute the area of study. Raising seemingly contraversial points, and asserting outrite what is dangerous to the marginalized groups of people, Feminist Epistemologies is a great introductory book to the arena of feminism.