Introduction and Acknowledgements to the Bibliography
Feminist Perspectives on the Self
Introduction
This bibliography serves as a supplement to Diana Tietjens Meyers'
entry "Feminist Perspectives on the Self". I hope it will be useful
to philosophers as well as a general audience. All the listings are
written in English. Individual chapters in anthologies are cited,
and all the mentioned anthologies are also listed separately.
Although I have tried to be thorough, my apologies are offered in
advance for misclassifying or omitting relevant pieces.
This Bibliography is up to date with respect to publications prior
to March 1997. Because the feminist literature on the self is
voluminous, it is organized around three central philosophical
disciplines: metaphysics, epistemology, and social philosophy.
- Metaphysical treatments of the self address the question `What is
the self?'. Four sub-categories are included: agency, the body, gender
& identities, and personhood.
- Epistemological treatments of the self ask `What and how do we gain
knowledge of the self?'. Three sub-categories are included: emotional
knowledge, self-knowledge, and knowledge of others & women's ways of
knowing.
- Social treatments of the self have a dual aspect of ethics and
politics. The key question addressed is `What are the ethics and/or
politics of the self?'. Seven sub-categories are included: care ethics,
critiques of individualism, ethical & political theory, families &
friendship, self-respect, social groups, and violence & self.
Two additional interdisciplinary categories are included: literary
& cultural studies and psychology & psychoanalysis.
Acknowledgements
My special thanks to Diana Tietjens Meyers and Sally Haslanger for
both this opportunity and their guidance.
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Copyright © 1999 by
Lisa Cassidy
University of Connecticut
lmc96002@uconnvm.uconn.edu