Books written by Linda Martín Alcoff

Singing in the Fire: Stories of Women in Philosophy

This is a unique, groundbreaking collection of autobiographical essays by leading women in philosophy.
Rape and Resistance

In this powerful and original book, Linda Martín Alcoff aims to correct the misleading language of public debate about rape and sexual violence by showing how complex our experiences of sexual violation can be.
The Future of Whiteness

' Meanwhile the spectre of 'minority status' draws closer, and the material advantages of being born white are eroding. This is the political and cultural reality tackled by Linda Martín Alcoff in The Future of Whiteness.
Real Knowing: New Versions of the Coherence Theory

Alcoff engages these traditionally conflicting approaches in a constructive dialogue, effectively spanning the analytic/continental divide.In provocative readings of major figures in the continental tradition, Alcoff shows that the work of ...
A Philosophical Dialogue with "Dialogue with the Other"

A Philosophical Dialogue with "Dialogue with the Other"
Rape and Resistance

Linda Martín Alcoff. Rape and Resistance Understanding the Complexities of Sexual Violation Linda Martín Alcoff polity Copyright © Linda Martín Alcoff 2018 The right of Linda Title page.
Women's Realities, Women's Choices: An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

This landmark text introduces readers to the field of women's studies by analyzing the contradictions between social and cultural "givens" and the realities that women face in society.
The Future of Whiteness

White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population. The impending demographic shifts...
The Future of Whiteness

White identity is in ferment. White, European Americans living in the United States will soon share an unprecedented experience of slipping below 50% of the population. The impending demographic shifts...
The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Race

By clearly explaining and carefully organizing the leading current philosophical thinking on race, this timely collection will help define the subject and bring renewed understanding of race to students and researchers in the humanities, ...
The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy

Breslau, N. (1983) “Care of Disabled Children and Women's Time Use,” Medical Care 216: 620–9. ... (2001) “When Care Is Just and Justice Is Caring: The Case of the Care for the Mentally Retarded,” Public Culture 13 (3): 557–79.
Identities: Race, Class, Gender, and Nationality

Identities comprises the essays that have shaped discussions of identity across disciplines, including selections from Hegel, Marx, Freud, Du Bois, de Beauvoir, Lukács, Fanon, Hall, Guha, Hobsbawm, Wittig, Butler, Halperin, Robertson, Said ...
Thinking from the Underside of History: Enrique Dussel's Philosophy of Liberation

This anthology of original articles by U.S. philosophers elucidating Dussel's thought, offers critical analyses from a variety of perspectives, including feminist ones. Also included is an essay by Dussel that responds to these essays.
Constructing the Nation: A Race and Nationalism Reader

What is the norm of 'Americanness' today, how has it changed, and how pluralistic is it in reality?" — from the Introduction In this volume philosophers and social theorists of color take up these questions, offering nuanced critiques of ...
The Future of Whiteness

' Meanwhile the spectre of 'minority status' draws closer, and the material advantages of being born white are eroding. This is the political and cultural reality tackled by Linda Martín Alcoff in The Future of Whiteness.
The Blackwell Guide to Feminist Philosophy

Over the past 30 years, philosophy has become a vital arena for feminists. Recent feminist work has challenged canonical claims about the role of women and has developed new methods...