Reflections on Gender and Science by Evelyn Fox Keller
Why are objectivity and reason characterized as male and subjectively and feeling as female? How does this characterization affect the goals and methods of scientific enquiry? This groundbreaking work explores the possibilities of a gender-free science and the conditions that could make such a possibility a reality.Keller's book opens up a whole new range of ideas for anyone who cares to think about the history of science, that is, the history of the modern world. . . Let us be glad to be in times when such a sparkling, innovative. . . book can be produced, a book to start all of us thinking in new directions.--Ian Hacking, New Republic
A brilliant and sensitive undertaking that does credit not only to feminist scholarship but, in the end, to science as well.--Barbara Ehrenreich, Mother Jones
This book represents the expression of a particular feminist perspective made all the more compelling by Keller's evident commitment to and understanding of science. As a lively and important contribution to the scholarship of science, it will undoubtedly stimulate argument and controversy.--Helen Longino, Texas Humanist
Provocative arguments, presented with authority.--Kirkus Reviews
Consistently thoughtful, provocative, and interconnected. . . A well-made book that will be useful in upper-level undergraduate and graduate women's studies, philosophy, and history of science.--E.C. Patterson, Choice
Written with grace and clarity, this book] will stand as an important contribution to feminist theory, to the sociology of knowledge and to the continuing critique of the established scientific method.--Lillian B. Rubin
A powerful book.--Jessie Bernard
Evelyn Fox Keller is professor of history and philosophy of science in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of numerous books, including A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock, Reflections on Gender and Science and most recently, Secrets of Life, Secrets of Death: Essays on Language, Gender, and Science.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300065954 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300065957 |
| Title | Reflections on Gender and Science |
| Author | Evelyn Fox Keller |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 1996-03-11 |
| Number of pages | 212 |
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