Sandra Harding is Professor of Education and Women's Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, and is currently the co-editor of Signs. Her work has won the Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association, the Critics Choice Award from AERA, and the Choice Outstanding Book Award. A pioneer in the development of Standpoint Theory, she is the author of numerous books, including The Science Question inFeminism and The "Racial" Economy of Science.
"Harding's work on standpoint theory has been groundbreaking." --
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in Feminist Social Ethics
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literatures and demonstrating how important these lines of thought
have become, this is a very strong collection." -- Nancy Harstock,
Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
"An essential resource for feminist theorists, researchers, women's
studies students, and activists alike. This excellent anthology
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epistemology." -- Nancy A. Naples, author of Feminism and
Method
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is the author of BraveNew Families: Stories of Domestic Upheaval
inLate-Twentieth-Century America
"An invaluable book to read and reflect on-to teach in classrooms
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Talpade Mohanty, author of FeminismWithout Borders: Decolonizing
Theory, PracticingSolidarity
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