How is women's conception of self affected by the caregiving
responsibilities traditionally assigned to them and by the personal
vulnerabilities imposed on them? If institutions of male dominance
profoundly influence women's lives and minds, how can women form
judgments about their own best interests and overcome oppression?
Can feminist politics survive in face of the diversity of women's
experience, which is shaped by race, class, ethnicity, and sexual
orientation, as well as by gender? Exploring such questions,
leading feminist thinkers have reinvigorated work on the concept of
self and personal identity, as demonstrated by the discussions in
this insightful volume.The concerns that animate feminist
scholarship have prompted feminist philosophers to sideline the
theme of individualism and to focus on the theme of
intersubjectivity. In conceptualizing the self, the contributors to
this volume highlight emotional bonds among people, the stories
people tell one another, and the systems of categories and
behavioral norms that unite and divide groups of people. Topics
addressed include sexual violence and the self, the social self and
autonomy, the narrative self and integrity, self-ownership and the
body, forgetting yourself and your race, group membership and
personal identity, grief and gender, sympathy and women's
diversity, emotion and emancipatory epistemology, and dependency
and justice. This volume will be important reading for students of
feminist theory, ethics, and social and political philosophy.
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