Engenderings: Constructions of Knowledge, Authority, and Privilege

Thinking Gender

by Naomi Scheman

Naomi Scheman argues that the concerns of philosophy emerge not from the universal human condition but from conditions of privilege. Her books represent a powerful challenge to the notion that gender makes no difference in the construction of philosophical reasoning. At the same time, it criticizes the narrow focus of most feminist theorizing and calls for a more inclusive form of inquiry.

Genres: Philosophy, Feminism

280 pages, Hardcover

First published September 9, 1993