The Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy

Of the 35 other volumes in this series of Cambridge Companions, all cover male philosophers, and all bar one (the Early Greeks) are on individual philosophers. This volume breaks the mould by bringing in women and by treating a theme rather than an authority.

Otherwise the book’s principal aim is in line with the other Companions: it consists of 13 chapters by an international team of (women) philosophers at the forefront of feminist scholarship; it was written with non‐specialists in mind; and was designed “to be helpful to any student or teacher of philosophy who is curious about...