Knowledge, Difference, and Power Essays Inspired By Women's Ways of Knowing

Goldberger, Nancy, Jill Turule, Blythe Clinchy, and Mary Belenky

ISBN 10: 0465090982 / ISBN 13: 9780465090983

Published by Basic Books, 1996

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Heel of spine edge has faded on about 1/4" to 1/2" of edge and brown coloring has bled onto inside of dust jacket edge. Brown cloth spine and edges with gold lettering on spine, tan covers. 478 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge, Difference, and Power Essays Inspired By Women's Ways of Knowing
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0465090982
• ISBN 13: 9780465090983
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Seller catalogs:
  • Women; History, Health, and Feminism

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Synopsis

Published to coincide with the tenth-anniversary edition of the influential best-seller Women's Ways of Knowing, a new work by the same authors traces how their theories affected law, education, psychology, and women's studies. 15,000 first printing.

Reviews

Ten years ago, the editors, all educators working in the field of psychology, published a theory of epistemology based on interviews with women that caused ripples in academic circles. This anniversary volume contains 15 articles, including one by each editor, that deal with the controversies that arose from the original work, Women's Ways of Knowing, and the ways in which the writers have since changed their thinking. Several pieces, including one by feminist Sara Ruddick, deal with the concept of "connected knowing," which, according to the authors, means acquiring knowledge by entering the belief world of another person; it has been criticized by some as contributing to a gender-determined system of learning. An interesting piece by social psychologist Aida Hurtado addresses the issues of race and class in relation to ways of knowing. These scholarly contributions will be of interest primarily to those already familiar with the original work.
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