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Publication date:
21 January 2002Length of book:
192 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9781461715351
In a rare full-length volume, renowned feminist thinker Sandra Lee Bartky brings together eight essays in one volume, Sympathy and Solidarity. A philosophical work accessible to an educated general audience, the essays reflect the intersection of the author's eye, work, and sometimes her politics. Two motifs connect the works: first, all deal with feminist topics and themes; second, most deal with the reality of oppression, especially in the disguised and subtle ways it can be manifested.
Bartky's incisive analyses of oppression, and especially of internalized oppression, remain unforgettable long after I first read them. She reminds us of what we would rather not acknowledge: the ambivalences and even pleasures we experience in securing our own oppressions. Here, too, are Bartky's distinctively illuminating analyses of white privilege from the perspective of a philosopher disloyal to white supremacy. Her voice continues to provide an energizing force in contemporary women's studies and philosophy...