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9%OFFElizabeth Minnich - Transforming Knowledge - 9781592131327 - V9781592131327
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Transforming Knowledge

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Description for Transforming Knowledge Paperback. A book about how we define knowledge and how we think about moral and political questions. It argues that the systems of knowledge, morality, and politics are rooted in views that are exclusionary. It includes an analysis of the conceptual errors that legitimate domination and the construction of kinds ('genders') of human beings. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: HPK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
This is a book about how we define knowledge and how we think about moral and political questions. It argues that the prevailing systems of knowledge, morality, and politics are rooted in views that are exclusionary and therefore legitimate injustice, patriarchy, and violence. That is, these views divide humans into different kinds along a hierarchy whose elite still defines the systems that shape our lives and misshape our thinking. Like the first edition of Transforming Knowledge, this substantially revised edition calls upon us to continue to liberate our minds and the systems we live within from concepts that rationalize ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592131327
SKU
V9781592131327
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About Elizabeth Minnich
Elizabeth Kamarck Minnich is Core Professor at the Graduate College for Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, The Union Institute and University. She has spoken and consulted on developing more inclusive curricula at colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad. She has served as Chair of the North Carolina Humanities Council, on the Executive Committee of the Society for the Study ... Read more

Reviews for Transforming Knowledge
"In Transforming Knowledge, Second Edition, Elizabeth Minnich dissects the fundamental errors underlying patriarchal thought systems and explains the resistances faced by those working towards an inclusive, truly democratic restructuring of knowledge. This welcome new edition offers the philosophical foundation for the urgent tasks of holistic thinking and a truly life- and earth-saving activism. A brilliant and indispensable book."-Gerda Lerner, Robinson-Edwards ... Read more

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