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The Sex of Knowing
Michele Le Doeuff
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Description for The Sex of Knowing
paperback. In this text, Le Doeuff argues that the conceptual links between "masculinity" and "rationality" are deeply rooted in the public imagination and continue to have devastating effects on what women are able to achieve. Translator(s): Code, Lorraine; Hamer, Kathryn. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Michele Le Doeuff is a leading French philosopher, and one of the most important feminist thinkers writing today. The Sex of Knowing , Le Doeuff's most significant work to date, provides a comprehensive account of her views. This is the first English translation of her inspiring book. Le Doeuff's target is the continuing tendency to think that men are more rational, more analytic than women, a tendency that persists in spite of our thinking we know better. She argues that the conceptual links between masculinity and rationality are deeply rooted in the public imagination and ... Read more
Michele Le Doeuff is a leading French philosopher, and one of the most important feminist thinkers writing today. The Sex of Knowing , Le Doeuff's most significant work to date, provides a comprehensive account of her views. This is the first English translation of her inspiring book. Le Doeuff's target is the continuing tendency to think that men are more rational, more analytic than women, a tendency that persists in spite of our thinking we know better. She argues that the conceptual links between masculinity and rationality are deeply rooted in the public imagination and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Routledge United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415928601
SKU
V9780415928601
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About Michele Le Doeuff
Michèle Le Doeuff is Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Her other works translated into English are The Philosophical Imaginary (1989) and Hipparchia's Choice: An Essay ConcerningWomen, Philosophy, etc.(1991). Lorraine Code is Distinguished Research Professor Department of Philosophy, York University. Kathryn Hamer is Professor of French and Dean of Arts, Letters and Humanities at Mount ... Read more
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