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Thinking Like A Woman

Personal Life and Political Ideas

by (author) Christine Overall

Publisher
Canadian Scholars' Press Inc.
Initial publish date
Apr 2001
Category
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Women's Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894549059
    Publish Date
    Apr 2001
    List Price
    $19.95

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In Thinking Like a Woman, philosopher Christine Overall provides welcome reflections on the important social and political issues that shape our lives. This highly readable collection of her columns from The Kingston Whig-Standard explores issues such as motherhood and family life, health and education, love and loss, and gender equality.

About the author

Christine Overall is a professor emerita of philosophy and holds a University Research Chair at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. She is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and has received two research awards from the Royal Society. She held the Humphrey Professorship in Feminist Philosophy at the University of Waterloo (2003), the Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University (2006–2007), and the Visiting Professorship in Canadian Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan (2011–2012). Her research is in the areas of feminist philosophy, applied philosophy, and philosophy of religion. She has published over a hundred articles and book chapters, many of which have been republished. She is the author of six books, including Why Have Children: The Ethical Debate (MIT Press, 2012) and the editor of five books, including Pets and People: The Ethics of Our Relationships with Companion Animals (Oxford University Press, 2017).

 

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