Feminist Philosophy Books

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1. Robinson Crusoe's Economic Man: A Construction and Deconstruction

   Edited by Ulla Grapard, Gillian Hewitson

   Robinson Crusoe is a favourite subject of economists in that conditions on his island were, at least until the arrival of Friday, the closest one could get to those of a laboratory, with the concept of ceteris paribus as near as it comes to being the case. Crusoe has thus come to be seen as a kind...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-70109-9 | Hardback (Routledge)

2. The Ethics of Need: Agency, Dignity, and Obligation

   By Sarah Clark Miller

   In this book, Sarah Clark Miller illuminates the philosophical importance of the notion of need and constructs an ethical framework through which we can determine which needs have moral significance. She synthesizes insights from Kantian and feminist ethics to establish that our inescapable...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-88268-2 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Feminist Encounters with Legal Philosophy

   Edited by Maria Drakopoulou

   Presenting feminist readings of texts from the legal philosophical and jurisprudential canon, the papers collected here offer an interdisciplinary and critical challenge to established modes of reading law. Feminist approaches to law usually take the form of either critical engagements with legal...

   March 2011 | 978-0-415-49760-2 | Hardback (Routledge-Cavendish)

4. Iris Murdoch, Gender and Philosophy

   By Sabina Lovibond

   Iris Murdoch was one of the best-known philosophers and novelists of the post-war period. Her leanings towards feminism can be detected in some of her most famous novels, but her philosophy suggests an ambivalence about sexual equality. In this book, Sabina Lovibond explores the...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-42999-3 | Paperback (Routledge)

5. Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex

   By Judith Butler

   In Bodies That Matter, renowned theorist and philosopher Judith Butler argues that theories of gender need to return to the most "material" dimension of sex and sexuality: the body. Butler offers a brilliant reworking of the body, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-61015-5 | Paperback (Routledge)

6. Modernity's End: Time and History in the Discursive Condition

   By Elizabeth Ermarth

   In this bold new book, Elizabeth Deeds Ermarth argues that modernity had its roots in the Renaissance and traces the history of modernity and postmodernity in Western culture from that time. Here, Ermarth provides a new, clear definition of modernity and a clear statement of the broadly established...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-78219-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Heredity, Race, and the Birth of the Modern

   By Sara Eigen Figal

   This book places under sustained scrutiny some of our most basic modern assumptions about inheritance, genealogy, blood relations, and racial categories. It has at its core a deceptively simple question, one too often taken for granted: what constitutes "good" bonds among humans, and what...

   September 2010 | 978-0-415-88780-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Marriage: An Introduction

   By Raja Halwani

   How is love different from lust or infatuation? Do love and marriage really go together “like a horse and carriage”? Does sex have any necessary connection to either? And how important are love, sex, and marriage to a well-lived life? In this lively, lucid, and comprehensive...

   March 2010 | 978-0-415-99351-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Philosophical Perspectives on Gender in Sport and Physical Activity

   Edited by Paul Davis, Charlene Weaving

   There are a broad variety of sex and gender resonances in sport, from the clash of traditional ideas of femininity and athleticism represented by female athletes, to the culture of homophobia in mainstream male sport. Despite the many sociological and cultural volumes addressing these subjects,...

   September 2009 | 978-0-415-47662-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    A Philosophical Investigation of Rape: The Making and Unmaking of the Feminine Self

    By Louise du Toit

    This book offers a critical feminist perspective on the widely debated topic of transitional justice and forgiveness. Louise Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape with a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women’s or ‘feminine’ subjectivity and selfhood. She demonstrates how the...

    April 2009 | 978-0-415-99029-5 | Hardback (Routledge)