Research Catalog

Title

Beyond the margins : reflections of a feminist philosopher / Linda A. Bell.

Author

Bell, Linda A.

Publication

Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2003.

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Details

Description

x, 245 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

"Presenting essays rich with her own personal experiences, philosopher Linda A. Bell examines not only her own life but also problems arising from ways that living affects thinking. She reflects on her own experience in order to challenge a variety of provocative claims, including: that affirmative action harms those it is designed to help; that suicide, while perhaps acceptable for some with fatal diseases, is otherwise a manifestation of mental illness; that women are to blame for male violence toward them if they don't leave the relationship; that a low profile is the best path to success for women in academe; that women are treated fairly in academe, perhaps even better than men; and that "political correctness" is a recent and aberrant move away from respect for freedom of speech. Although drawing from experience as she creates and critiques theory, Bell argues against the view that it is the bedrock of theory."--Jacket.

Series Statement

SUNY series, feminist philosophy

Uniform Title

SUNY series, feminist philosophy.

Subject

• Bell, Linda A
• Feminism and education > United States
• Women in higher education > Social aspects > United States
• Philosophers > United States > Biography
• Women philosophers > United States > Biography
• Feminism and education
• Philosophers
• Women philosophers
• Hochschulbildung
• Feminismus
• Bildung
• Frau
• United States
• USA

Genre/Form

• collective biographies.
• Biographies
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Philosophy -- A Lifeline -- 2. Within Some Not-So-Hallowed Halls of Ivy: Mid to Late 1960s -- 3. Unwrapping Anger -- 4. A Chinese Fortune Cookie -- 5. No, I Didn't Leave: A Cautionary Tale -- 6. An Affirmative Action Poster Professor -- 7. A Sketchy History of "Political Incorrectness" as Experienced by a Survivor -- 8. Do You, or Does Someone You Know, Have Vaginal Fortitude? -- 9. Individual Need and Societal Change: A Balancing Act Inspired by Virginia Woolf -- 10. Can Men Really Not Control Themselves? A Response to Camille Paglia, 1991 -- 11. Focusing on Violence While Empowering Its Victims -- 12. Two Days in the Life of an Academic Feminist: Mid 1990s -- 13. An Aunt's Death: 1997 -- 14. Different Oppression: A Feminist Exploration of Sartre's Anti-Semite and Jew -- 15. Friendship, Love, and Experience -- 16. I'm Sort of White and Mostly Middle Class -- Want to Make Something of It? -- 17. Identity Politics, Standpoint Theory, and Objectivity: An Ongoing Argument with My Friend Diane L. Fowlkes -- 18. Calvin Hears a Who: Calvin O. Schrag and Postmodern Selves -- Navigating Treacherous Waters: A Tentative Conclusion.

ISBN

• 0791459039
• 9780791459034
• 0791459047
• 9780791459041

LCCN

2003050531

OCLC

• ocm52387855
• 52387855
• SCSB-1317128

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library