_WHOSE SCIENCE, WHOSE KNOWLEDGE? _REPRESENTS A TRANSITION FROM GENDER
TO POWER CONSIDERATIONS IN HARDING'S CONTINUOUS EFFORTS TO RAISE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SCIENCE.— Shulamit
Reinharz ― _Gender & Society_
HARDING'S IS A RICHLY INFORMED, RADICAL VOICE THAT BOLDLY CONFRONTS
ISSUES OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE TO THE FUTURE OF MANY ACADEMIC
DISCIPLINES. HER BOOK WILL AMPLY REWARD READERS LOOKING TO ACHIEVE A
MORE FRUITFUL UNDERSTANDING OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN FEMINISM,
SCIENCE, AND SOCIAL LIFE.
Sandra Harding here develops further the themes first addressed in her
widely influential book, _The Science Question in Feminism_, and
conducts a compelling analysis of feminist theories on the
philosophical problem of how we know what we know.
Following a strong narrative line, Harding sets out her arguments in
highly readable prose. In Part 1, she discusses issues that will
interest anyone concerned with the social bases of scientific
knowledge. In Part 2, she modifies some of her views and then pursues
the many issues raised by the feminist position which holds that
women's social experience provides a unique vantage point for
discovering masculine bias and and questioning conventional claims
about nature and social life. In Part 3, Harding looks at the insights
that people of color, male feminists, lesbians, and others can bring
to these controversies, and concludes by outlining a feminist approach
to science in which these insights are central. "Women and men cannot
understand or explain the world we live in or the real choices we
have," she writes, "as long as the sciences describe and explain the
world primarily from the perspectives of the lives of the dominant
groups."
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Thinking from Women's Lives
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ISBN
9781501712944
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Cornell University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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