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Presenting Women Philosophers (The New Academy)
Cecile Tougas
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Description for Presenting Women Philosophers (The New Academy)
Paperback. Western philosophy has long excluded the work of women thinkers from their canon. This work addresses this exclusion by examining the breadth of women's contributions to Western thought throughout ages. It reflects women's engagement with the meaning of individual experience as well as the continuity of their philosophical concerns and practices. Editor(s): Tougas, Cecile T.; Ebenreck, Sara. Series: The New Academy. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; HPC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 517.
Western philosophy has long excluded the work of women thinkers from their canon. Presenting Women Philosophers addresses this exclusion by examining the breadth of women's contributions to Western thought over some 900 years. Editors Cecile T. Tougas and Sara Ebenreck have gathered essays and other writings that reflect women's deep engagement with the meaning of individual experience as well as the continuity of their philosophical concerns and practices. Arranged thematically, the collection ranges across eras and literary genres as it emphasizes the intellectual significance of written work by key figures -- for example, Hildegard of Bingen's visionary writings, Iris Murdoch's ... Read more
Western philosophy has long excluded the work of women thinkers from their canon. Presenting Women Philosophers addresses this exclusion by examining the breadth of women's contributions to Western thought over some 900 years. Editors Cecile T. Tougas and Sara Ebenreck have gathered essays and other writings that reflect women's deep engagement with the meaning of individual experience as well as the continuity of their philosophical concerns and practices. Arranged thematically, the collection ranges across eras and literary genres as it emphasizes the intellectual significance of written work by key figures -- for example, Hildegard of Bingen's visionary writings, Iris Murdoch's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press
Condition
New
Series
The New Academy
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566397612
SKU
V9781566397612
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About Cecile Tougas
Cecile T. Tougas, formerly an Assistant Professor of Philosophy, is a teacher of Latin and algebra at Ben Franklin Academy in Atlanta. Sara Ebenreck is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at St. Mary's College of Maryland.
Reviews for Presenting Women Philosophers (The New Academy)
"One of the strengths of Presenting Women Philosophers is the way that it integrates accounts of women's lives with their work, while providing well-thought-out assessments of that work. Another is that it develops and analyzes work that simply is not otherwise available... [This book] examines the writings of women philosophers in a way that no other book to my knowledge ... Read more