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Incorporates memoir in the context of philosophical and political theory and argument.

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Author:   Linda A. Bell
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9780791459041

ISBN 10:   0791459047
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   06 November 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: REMEMBERING A LIFE 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 Part II: HOW THEORY EMERGES FROM, INCORPORATES, AND CHALLENGES SUCH EXPERIENCES 14. Different Oppressions: 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 Notes Selected Bibliography Index"

Reviews

""In an extraordinary mixture of personal autobiography and theory, Linda A. Bell writes passionately of her outrage at the injustice she suffered as a woman bent on becoming a philosopher; her theoretical essays are remarkable for their balanced thought....""

In an extraordinary mixture of personal autobiography and theory, Linda A. Bell writes passionately of her outrage at the injustice she suffered as a woman bent on becoming a philosopher; her theoretical essays are remarkable for their balanced thought....

"""In an extraordinary mixture of personal autobiography and theory, Linda A. Bell writes passionately of her outrage at the injustice she suffered as a woman bent on becoming a philosopher; her theoretical essays are remarkable for their balanced thought...."""

Author Information

Linda A. Bell is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Women's Studies Institute at Georgia State University. She is the author of Visions of Women; Sartre's Ethics of Authenticity; and Rethinking Ethics in the Midst of Violence: A Feminist Approach to Freedom; and the coeditor (with David Blumenfeld) of Overcoming Racism and Sexism.

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