Philosophy: Feminist Philosophy

The Society for Women in Philosophy was started in 1972 to promote and support women in philosophy. SWIP holds divisional meetings, meetings in conjunction with the meetings of the American Philosophical Association, and it publishes newsletters.

This list is limited to titles on philosophy written by woman philosophers. All titles are found in the January 1999 books in print. The most essential works are starred.

A page in progress with biographies, articles and links to pages on woman philosophers

Presents different works on French Feminism - articles, biographies, bibliographies.

A Conversation with Linda Hutcheon (1997), by Kathleen O'Grady

Explanation of the significance of the word and the difference between Queertheory and feminism.

Conversation about Braidotti's politically motivated philosophy that provides a new framework for reinventing the female subject in our post-metaphysical world.

Paper by Rosi Braidotti discussing postmodernity and "post-human bodies."

Survey of feminist writing on the philosophical canon; by Charlotte Witt.

Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World. The site provide much dead-tree bibliography and many links to on-line resources.

A professional organization dedicated to promoting feminist ethical perspectives on philosophy, moral and political life, and public policy.

Helene Cixous Homepage at the European Graduate School including her biography, bibliography and links.

An introductory essay focuced on the emergence of contemporary US feminist philosophies.

It was founded in 1972 in response to the widely felt discontent with the sterility of academic philosophy at the time (in Britain completely dominated by the narrowest sort of "ordinary language" philosophy), with the purpose of providing a forum for the theoretical work which was emerging in the wake of the radical movements of the 1960s, in philosophy and other fields.