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The Material of Knowledge: Feminist Disclosures
Susan Hekman
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Description for The Material of Knowledge: Feminist Disclosures
Paperback. A new approach to knowledge and to aspects of knowing Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
Susan Hekman believes we are witnessing an intellectual sea change. The main features of this change are found in dichotomies between language and reality, discourse and materiality. Hekman proposes that it is possible to find a more intimate connection between these pairs, one that does not privilege one over the other. By grounding her work in feminist thought and employing analytic philosophy, scientific theory, and linguistic theory, Hekman shows how language and reality can be understood as an indissoluble unit. In this broadly synthetic work, she offers a new interpretation of questions of science, modernism, postmodernism, and feminism so as ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221964
SKU
V9780253221964
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About Susan Hekman
Susan Hekman is Professor of Political Science and Director of Graduate Humanities at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is author of Private Selves, Public Identities and The Future of Differences.
Reviews for The Material of Knowledge: Feminist Disclosures
"There is no other existing book that does exactly what Hekman does here, which is work across a very broad and diverse range of fields and figures to draw together the best of what's out there rethinking the relationship between the material and the linguistic." —Shannon Sullivan, Penn State University "This is a truly feminist book in the best sense; ... Read more