Pragmatism and Feminism Reweaving the Social Fabric

Name: Pragmatism and Feminism Reweaving the Social Fabric
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ISBN: 9780226745589

ISBN-10: 0226745589

ISBN-13: 9780226745589

Edition: 1996

Authors: Charlene Haddock Seigfried

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Though many pioneering feminists were deeply influenced by American pragmatism, their contemporary followers have generally ignored that tradition because of its marginalization by a philosophical mainstream intent on neutral analyses devoid of subjectivity. In this revealing work, Charlene Haddock Seigfried effectively reunites two major social and philosophical movements, arguing that pragmatism, because of its focus on the emancipatory potential of everyday experiences, offers feminism its most viable and powerful philosophical foundation. With careful attention to their interwoven histories and contemporary concerns, Pragmatism and Feminism effectively invigorates both traditions,…

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 349
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.89" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations



The Theory of Practice



The Missing Perspectives: Where Are All the Pragmatist Feminists and Feminist Pragmatists?



Reclaiming a Heritage: Women Pragmatists



Acknowledging Mutual Influences: The Chicago Years



Educational Experiments in Cooperation



The Feminine-Mystical Threat to Scientific-Masculine Order



Who Experiences? Genderizing Pluralistic Experiences



What's Wrong with Instrumental Reasoning? Realizing the Emancipatory Potential of Science



Who Cares? Pluralizing Gendered Experiences



Social Ethics



Cooperative Intelligence


Notes


Bibliography


Index