Overview
- Expands the known canon of women philosophers
- Contains chapters on women such as Sor Juana, Emilie Du Châtelet, Rose Rand, and Nisia Floresta
- Covers fields such as moral philosophy, epistemology, logic, phenomenology, and more
Part of the book series: Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences (WHPS, volume 21)
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Keywords
- History of Philosophy
- Teaching Philosophy
- Teaching Feminist Philosophy
- Diversity
- Canon Expansion
- Women in the History of Philosophy
- New Narratives in Philosophy
- New Voices in the History of Philosophy
- Early Modern Women Philosophers
- Antiquity
About this book
This book expands the known canon by presenting arguments and concepts from women philosophers, from all periods of the history of philosophy, from antiquity to the present day. The collaborative collection is an undertaking that emerged from intensive discussions on how to expand the philosophical canon, which formed the conclusion of the Libori Summer School 2019. This Libori Summer School, the third in a row, was held to enhance the study of texts written by women philosophers from Antiquity up to now and intended to give opportunity to young scholars to connect and to build networks.
Presenting such a collection is even more urgent today because a diversification of the canon has long been called for. Nevertheless, to date there is little explicit material available for this purpose. To make this book suitable for both academics and students, it is structured in such a way that readers can use excerpts and individual chapters from it that suit their needs, be it in moral philosophy, politics, or phenomenology, etc. Containing chapters on women such as Suor Juana, Emilie Du Châtelet, and Nisia Floresta and supplemented by contextualization, namely by some brief biographical information and by the systematic integration of her argument into the debates of the respective periods, this book is an important resource highlighting the achievements and value of women in philosophy and calling for a further diversification of the canon.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Ruth Hagengruber is a German philosopher, currently professor and head of philosophy at the University of Paderborn. She specialises in the history of women philosophers as well as philosophy of economics and computer science and is a specialist on Émilie Du Châtelet. Hagengruber is the director of the Center for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists and founder of the research area EcoTechGender. She invented the Libori Summer School and is the creator of the Encyclopedia of Concise Concepts by Women Philosophers, for which she holds the position of editor in chief together with Mary Ellen Waithe. Hagengruber’s research is dedicated to the revision of a patriarchal history, specially to the rediscovery of women’s alternative contributions to the history of philosophy and the history of economics, focusing on circle and universality based economics as an approach of inclusive economic ethics. She published on value theory in Feminist Economics and reflects on technical design from a feminist (and inclusive) point of view, such as autonomous driving, a different approach to labour, and a profound acknowledgment of creative skills ideas there.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teaching Women Philosophers
Book Subtitle: Ideas and Concepts from Women philosophers’ Writings over 2000 Years
Editors: Ruth Edith Hagengruber
Series Title: Women in the History of Philosophy and Sciences
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59297-3Due: 21 July 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-59300-0Due: 21 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-59298-0Due: 21 July 2024
Series ISSN: 2523-8760
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8779
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 282