フェミニズム哲学の重要性や、このテーマをどのように捉えるべきかを読者に提示する入門書です。ジェンダーの抑圧、美、対象化、セクシュアリティといった重要なトピックを掘り下げて考えます。ジェンダーの側面に留まらず、人種や階級といったさまざまな差別の要因が組み合わさって、相互に作用することで独特の抑圧が生じている状況を念頭に、個人的なものと政治的なものとの関係、女性であるとはどういうことか、女性特有の知識なるものは存在するのか、また正義や仕事、環境問題など、世界の諸相の理解にフェミニズム哲学は何をもたらしうるのか、といった問題を考察しています。
 

• A much needed contemporary introduction to a fast-moving field
• Opens up this subject to new readers through a clear and accessible approach
• Focuses on personal and social issues rather than abstract theory
• Richly intersectional, taking account of the interplay of feminism with issues of race and class

   
Katharine Jenkins offers an introduction to feminist philosophy, giving the reader an idea of what it is, why it is important, and how to think about it. She explores key topics such as gender oppression, beauty, objectification, and sexuality. Moreover, she considers questions about the relation between the personal and the political, what it is to be a woman, whether there is a distinctive kind of women's knowledge, and what feminist philosophy can bring to our understanding of such aspects of our world as justice, work, and the environment. This Very Short Introduction takes a richly intersectional approach, recognizing the combined impact of such factors as race and class as well as gender.