Singing in the Fire

doi:10.5771/9781461666257

Singing in the Fire

Stories of Women in Philosophy

1. Edition 2003

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doi.org/10.5771/9781461666257
ISBN print: 978-0-7425-1382-2
ISBN online: 978-1-4616-6625-7
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

Ask most people to imagine a philosopher and they probably think of someone like Socrates—absent-minded, perhaps, but with a sharp intellect and a thirst for the truth. A woman juggling car pools and housework is not the first image that springs to mind, but women have taken huge steps in the philosophy profession over the past 50 years. Still, to this day, well-established women philosophers continue to face sexism from colleagues and students. Singing in the Fire is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy. It mines the experience of the generation that witnessed, and helped create, the remarkable advances now evident for women in the field. These women are leaders and innovators, looking back on how they have been treated, how they might have done things differently, and how we might make progress in future generations.

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i–x Preface i–x
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
1–14 Introduction 1–14
15–22 1 A Life Sentence in Bohemia 15–22
23–40 2 My Open Agenda, or How Not to Make the Right Career Moves 23–40
41–48 3 Finding My Voice: Reminiscence of an Outlaw 41–48
49–56 4 Taking Oneself Seriously, But Not Too 49–56
57–70 5 Freethinking? 57–70
71–80 6 Etc. 71–80
81–92 7 What's a Brown Girl like You Doing in the Ivory Tower? Or, How I Became a Feminist Philosopher Uma Narayan 81–92
93–108 8 "Don't Smile So Much ": Philosophy and Women in the 1970s 93–108
109–118 9 At the Feet of Mrs. Ramsay 109–118
119–134 10 Philosophy and Life: A Singular Case of Their Interconnection 119–134
135–152 11 Autobiography of a Whistle-Blower 135–152
153–166 12 Getting Here from There 153–166
167–172 About the Contributors 167–172

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