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

by Mary Field Belenky (Editor), Nancy Rule Goldberger (Editor), Jill Mattuck Tarule (Editor)

An impressive and innovative follow up to Women’s Ways of Knowing, this book shows how the authors’ “ways of knowing” theory revolutionized the fields of law, education, psychology, and women’s studies, to name but a few. In essence, this dynamic collection poses the ultimate question: Can we come to understand and respect diverse ways of knowing? Features: 15 essays, all written exclusively for this volume the essays are by the original authors of Women’s Ways of Knowing and prominent contributors, including Sandra Harding, Aida Hurtado, Sara Ruddick, Michael Mahoney, and Patricinio Schweickart in separate chapters, the authors explore how their thinking has developed and changed since Women’s Ways of Knowing argument is expanded beyond gender and knowledge to address the factors of color, class, and culture.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gender

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

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.