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The Other: Feminist Reflections in Ethics

By Helen Fielding , Gabrielle Hiltmann , Dorothea Olkowski , Anne Reichold

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
0230506879, 9780230506879, 9780230206434
Open Library ID
OL10194278M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1090984 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
288\285
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The western philosophical tradition, with its focus on universal concepts and a presumed neuter, but ultimately male subject, has only relatively recently become open to the question of alterity, in particular the alterity of woman as the other of man. The essays of this volume reflect in particular on the ethical implications of taking the feminine other into account. This necessitates a rethinking of the implicit structures of Western philosophy which continue to exclude women as subjects who contribute to the conceptualization of world and society. This volume, which gives voice to women philosophers, is a contribution to that task.

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