Knowledge, Difference, And Power: Essays Inspired By Women's Ways Of Knowing

by Nancy Rule Goldberger

Ten years ago, Mary Belenky, Blythe Clinchy, Nancy Goldberger, and Jill Tarule wrote Women's Ways of Knowing, a book The New York Times Book Review called "a framework for future research on women, knowledge, and identity." In the decade that followed, their theory of women's psychology, development, and ways of knowing has been applied in several fields, from the social sciences to the humanities, women's studies, education, psychology, and law. But even as it was embraced by readers, Women's Ways of Knowing also became the center of a fierce debate within academic circles. Now, in 14 illuminating new essays, the original authors and invited contributors explore how the theory introduced in Women's Ways of Knowing has developed and shifted over the years and how it has been received, applied, used, and abused. The authors, and others, respond to critics of the original theory. The essays also expand the original argument beyond gender and knowing to address the complicating factors of race, class, and culture.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gender

496 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Nancy Rule Goldberger is a member of the Faculty in Psychology of The Fielding Institute, and a Visiting Scholar at New York University, as well as a coeditor of Women's Ways of Knowing.

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Reviews

[Alyssa]

My advice, don't read this collection until you've read Women's Ways of Knowing written by the four women who edit this series of essays. This book is primarily a discussion and reassessment of the first book. It's been over a decade since Women's Ways of Knowing was published when this series of essays comes out and the goal was to discuss the effects of their work and new avenues of exploration.