The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy

"This is an amazing volume, representing a staggering range of views, methodologies, and traditions." --Jennifer Saul, University of Sheffield "If feminism is to do justice to its claims of inclusiveness regarding the thought and lives of women, then it needs to be mindful of its own exclusionary past, its practices of gatekeeping and romantic claims about sisterhood. The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy, conceived as an interdisciplinary, historical and conceptual collection of essays written by an array of thinkers versed in both the analytic and continental philosophical traditions, aims for a more critical, more inclusive feminist theory and practice. Let this collection accompany us in this crucial endeavor, learning from it and enhancing it as we work towards this richer feminist vision." --Mariana Ortega, John Carroll University "The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy presents an exciting, comprehensive, and original pluralist presentation of feminist philosophy that is a much-needed update to existing feminist philosophy companions. Students, scholars, independent researchers, and departments interested in feminism and philosophy would do well to make sure they have access to this volume, and it should be a relevant resource for years to come. Reviewing such an expansive presentation of feminist philosophy across differences also raises considerations about the meanings and limits of pluralism and inclusion in feminist philosophy as an ongoing collective project." --Amy Marvin, Hypatia Reviews Online

Ann Garry is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles. Her work in feminist philosophy ranges from applied ethics to intersectionality and feminist philosophical methods. Serene J. Khader is Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College and Associate Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her research in feminist philosophy focuses on global gender justice. Alison Stone is Professor of European Philosophy at Lancaster University, UK. She specializes in feminist philosophy and post-Kantian European philosophy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

CONTENTS Notes on contributors Introduction ANN GARRY, SERENE J. KHADER AND ALISON STONE PART 1: Engaging the Past 1 Feminist methods in the history of philosophy, or escape from Coventry MOIRA GATENS 2 Feminism and ancient Greek philosophy ADRIANA CAVARERO 3 Dao becomes female: a gendered reality, knowledge, and strategy for living ROBIN R.WANG 4 Feminism, philosophy, and culture in Africa TANELLA BONI 5 Feminist engagement with Judeo-Christian religious traditions BEVERLEY CLACK 6 Early modern feminism and Cartesian philosophy JACQUELINE BROAD 7 Feminist engagements with social contract theory JANICE RICHARDSON 8 Feminism and enlightenment SUSANNE LETTOW 9 Feminist engagements with nineteenth-century German philosophy ELAINE MILLER 10 Introducing Black feminist philosophy KRISTIE DOTSON 11 Feminist pragmatism V. DENISE JAMES 12 Feminist phenomenology ALIA AL-SAJI PART II: Body, Mind, and World 13 The sex/gender distinction and the social construction of reality SALLY HASLANGER 14 Gender essentialism and anti-essentialism MARI MIKKOLA 15 Embodiment and feminist philosophy SARA HEINMAA 16 Materiality: sex, gender, and what lies beneath CLAIRE COLEBROOK 17 Feminism and borderlands identities EDWINA BARVOSA 18 Personal identity and relational selves SUSAN J. BRISON 19 Psychoanalysis, subjectivity, and feminism KELLY OLIVER PART III: Knowledge, Language, and Science 20 Rationality and objectivity in feminist philosophy PHYLLIS ROONEY 21 Testimony, trust, and trustworthiness HEIDI GRASSWICK 22 Epistemic injustice, ignorance, and trans experience MIRANDA FRICKER AND KATHARINE JENKINS 23 Speech and silencing ISHANI MAITRA 24 Language, writing, and gender differences GERTRUDE POSTL 25 Philosophy of science and the feminist legacy JANET A. KOURANY 26 Values, practices, and metaphysical assumptions in the biological sciences SARA WEAVER AND CARLA FEHR 27 Feminist philosophy of social science ALISON WYLIE PART IV: Intersections 28 The concept of intersectionality: genealogy, controversy, and viability TINA FERNANDES BOTTS 29 Critical race theory, intersectionality, and feminist philosophy FALGUNI A. SHETH 30 Native American chaos theory and the politics of difference SHAY WELCH 31 Feminist theory, lesbian theory, and queer theory MIMI MARINUCCI 32 Through the looking glass: trans theory meets feminist philosophy TALIA MAE BETTCHER 33 Feminist and queer intersections with disability studies KIM Q. HALL 34 Women, gender, and philosophies of global development SANDRA HARDING AND ANNA MALAVISI 35 Feminist intersections with environmentalism and ecological thought TRISH GLAZEBROOK 36 Encountering religious diversity: perspectives from feminist philosophy of religion PATRICE HAYNES PART V: Ethics, Politics, and Aesthetics Aesthetics 37 Historicizing feminist aesthetics TINA CHANTER 38 Aesthetics and the politics of gender: On Arendts theory of narrative and action EWA PLONOWSKA ZIAREK 39 Feminist aesthetics and the categories of the beautiful and the sublime CHRISTINE BATTERSBY Ethics 40 Moral justification in an unjust world ALISON M. JAGGAR AND THERESA W. TOBIN 41 Feminist conceptions of autonomy CATRIONA MACKENZIE 42 Feminist metaethics ANITA SUPERSON 43 Feminist ethics of care JEAN KELLER AND EVA FEDER KITTAY 44 Confucianism and care ethics SIN YEE CHAN 45 Feminist virtue ethics ROBIN DILLON 46 Feminist bioethics WENDY ROGERS Social and Political Philosophy 47 Multicultural and postcolonial feminisms MONICA MOOKHERJEE 48 Neoliberalism, global justice, and transnational feminisms SERENE J. KHADER 49 Feminism, structural injustice, and responsibility SERENA PAREKH 50 Latin American feminist ethics and politics AMY A. OLIVER 51 Feminist engagements with democratic theory NOELLE MCAFEE 52 Feminism and liberalism CL