Feminist Interpretations of William James / / ed. by Erin C. Tarver, Shannon Sullivan.
Widely regarded as the father of American psychology, William James is by any measure a mammoth presence on the stage of pragmatist philosophy. But despite his indisputable influence on philosophical thinkers of all genders, men remain the movers and shakers in the Jamesian universe-while women exis...
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Re-Reading the Canon
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Promise and Peril of James's Philosophy for Feminism
- 1 The Feminine- Mystical Threat to Masculine- Scientific Order
- 2 "The Woman Question" James's Negotiations with Natural Law Theory and Utilitarianism
- 3 Women and William James
- 4 Lady Pragmatism and the Great Man The Need for Feminist Pragmatism
- Part II Pragmatist Ethics of Care
- 5 The Energies of Women William James and the Ethics of Care
- 6 William James and the Will to Care for Unfamiliar Others The Masculinity of Care?
- Part III Embodiment and Emotion
- 7 Habit, Relaxation, and the Open Mind James and the Increments of Ethical Freedom
- 8 James and Feminist Philosophy of Emotion
- 9 "A Perverse Kind of Pleasure" James, the Body, and Women's Mystical Experience
- 10 The Will Not to Believe Pragmatism, Oppression, and Standpoint Theory
- 11 Incredulity and Advocacy Thinking After William James
- Afterword
- Contributors
- Index