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© March 2004
revised 26 June 2008

THE ISSUES section of she-philosopher.com is intended for webessays that delve into the more relevant theoretical controversies having to do with science, technology, and gender in the early-modern period.

As always, it is hoped that by critically engaging with past & present in such a manner, we will learn more about ourselves and the world in which we live.

The following titles are in various stages of completion, and are listed now as a preview of what’s to come.

the issues

  • Gendered Images & the Politics of Representation
  • “under the name and cover of a Woman”: Early-Modern Gender Ventriloquy
  • “Pictures of the Thought”: Visual Poesie and vocal Painting
  • Revisioning Early-Modern Optics
  • Magical Mechanism: Retooling the Machine Metaphor
  • “Use thy gifts rightly”: The Material Culture of Science
  • Technology Is to Male as Nature Is to Female?
  • Science = “A Male Linguistic Economy”?
  • Larry Summers on Gender & Science
  • Feminist Science
  • Feminist Historiography
  • Feminist Political Economy
  • Feminist Medical Literature

Once a webessay has been finalized and posted to she-philosopher.com, its title in the above list will change to an active hyperlink, indicating its availability online.




William James quote: "A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
Athena (title page ornament for Chambers' Cyclopaedia _Supplement_, 1753)

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