This is the first book to offer a systematic account of feminist philosophy asa distinctive field of philosophy. The book introduces key issues and debatesin fe... » 

This is the first book to offer a systematic account of feminist philosophy asa distinctive field of philosophy. The book introduces key issues and debatesin feminist philosophy including the nature of sex gender and the body therelation between gender sexuality and sexual difference whether there isanything that all women have in common and the nature of birth and itscentrality to human existence. An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy shows howfeminist thinking on these and related topics has developed since the 1960s.The book also explains how feminist philosophy relates to the many forms offeminist politics. The book provides clear succinct and readable accounts ofkey feminist thinkers including de Beauvoir Butler Gilligan Irigaray andMacKinnon. The book also introduces other thinkers who have influenced feministphilosophy including Arendt Foucault Freud and Lacan. Accessible inapproach this book is ideal for students and researchers interested infeminist philosophy feminist theory womens studies and political theory. Itwill also appeal to the general reader. «