Feminist Philosophy

Published in 2018
272 pages

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Herta Nagl-Docekal is professor of philosophy at Vienna University, Austria and a full member of the Austrian Academy of the Science. Her work has appeared in: A Companion to Feminist PhilosophyFeminist Interpretations of Immanuel Kant, and Continental Philosophy in Feminist Perspective.

What is this book about?
Are we in a post-feminist era? Has the term, feminist, grown out of its resisted stance? What from today’s standpoint is an appropriate concept of feminist philosophy? And is it not the case that all people thinking democratically must share its central concern? In this book internationally acclaimed philosopher Herta Nagl-Docekal discusses and critiques the theories of today. Her study ranges across philosophical anthropology, aesthetics, philosophy of science, the critique of reason, political theory, and philosophy of law. Continually confronting the persistent problem of the hierarchical relations of the sexes, Nagl-Docekal affirms the importance of feminist thought as she presses for effective approaches to common problems.