Singing in the fire : stories of women in philosophy
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Singing in the fire : stories of women in philosophy
Rowman & Littlefield, c2003
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Ask most people to imagine a philosopher and they probably think of someone like Socrates—absent-minded, perhaps, but with a sharp intellect and a thirst for the truth. A woman juggling car pools and housework is not the first image that springs to mind, but women have taken huge steps in the philosophy profession over the past 50 years. Still, to this day, well-established women philosophers continue to face sexism from colleagues and students. Singing in the Fire is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It mines the experience of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field. These women are leaders and innovators, looking back on how they have been treated, how they might have done things differently, and how we might make progress in future generations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 A Life Sentence in Bohemia Chapter 2 How not to make the right career moves Chapter 3 Finding my voice: reminiscence of an outlaw Chapter 4 Taking oneself seriously, but not too Chapter 5 Freethinking? Chapter 6 Etc. Chapter 7 What's a brown girl like you doing in the ivory tower? or, How I became a feminist philosopher Chapter 8 'Don't smile so much': Philosophy and women in the 1970's Chapter 9 At the feet of Mrs. Ramsey Chapter 10 Autobiography of a whistle-blower Chapter 11 Philosophy and life: A singular case of their interconnection Chapter 12 Getting here from there
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