[ The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader: Intellectual and Political Controversies[ THE FEMINIST STANDPOINT THEORY READER: INTELLECTUAL AND POLITICAL CONTROVERSIES ] By Harding, Sandra ( Author )Oct-28-2003 Paperback By Harding, Sandra ( Author ) Paperb...

by Sandra G. Harding

In the mid-1970s and early 1980s, several feminist theorists began developing alternatives to the traditional methods of scientific research. The result was a new theory, now recognized as Standpoint Theory, which caused heated debate and radically altered the way research is conducted. The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader is the first anthology to collect the most important essays on the subject as well as more recent works that bring the topic up-to-date. Leading feminist scholar and one of the founders of Standpoint Theory, Sandra Harding brings together the a prestigious list of scholars--Dorothy Smith, Donna Haraway, Patricia Hill Collins, Nancy Hartsock and Hilary Rose--to not only showcase the most influential essays on the topic but to also highlight subsequent developments of these approaches from a wide variety of disciplines and intellectual and political positions. The Reader will be essential reading for feminist scholars.

Genres: Feminism, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Theory, Gender, Essays, Feminist Theory

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First published October 28, 2003

About the author

Sandra G. Harding was an American philosopher of feminist and postcolonial theory, epistemology, research methodology, and philosophy of science. She directed the UCLA Center for the Study of Women from 1996 to 2000, and co-edited Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society from 2000 to 2005. Until her deceassed, she was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Education and Gender Studies at UCLA and a Distinguished Affiliate Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. In 2013 she was awarded the John Desmond Bernal Prize by the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S).

Reviews

[Dasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Make every old academic who says we can't use "I" in dissertations read this.

[Chris Friend · Rating 4 out of 5]

As others here have said, it's quite useful, quite thorough, and quite challenging...sometimes to the point of being inaccessible. A valuable text, to say the least, this one is for solid theoretical study, not a casual weekend read.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection of key feminist theorists. At times the essays are inaccessible. BUT a very hand reference.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

I feel more than sufficiently informed to write the feminist standpoint section of my methodology chapter. the interlude with Hekman is HILARIOUS.

[Mills College Library]

305.4201 F3311 2004