Where Are the Women? Why Expanding the Archive Makes Philosophy Better

319 Pages·2018·3.79 MB·English

by  Sarah Tyson

W H E R E A R E T H E W O M E N ?
why expanding the archive
makes philosophy better
Sarah Tyson
WHERE ARE
THE WOMEN?

WHERE ARE
THE WOMEN?
WHY EXPANDING THE
ARCHIVE MAKES
PHILOSOPHY BETTER
SARAH TYSON
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Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Tyson, Sarah, author.
Title: Where are the women? : why expanding the archive makes philosophy
better / Sarah Tyson.
Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2018. |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018002866| ISBN 9780231183963 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780231183970 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780231545259 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Women philosophers.
Classification: LCC B105.W6 T97 2018 | DDC 108.2— dc23
LC record available at https: //lccn .loc .gov / 2018002866
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Cover design: Elliott S. Cairns
Cover image: Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party, Elizabeth A. Sackler
Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum. © 2018 Judy Chicago /
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: © Donald Woodman.
For Josh and Iris
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii
1 Reclamation Strategies 1
2 Conceptual Exclusion 53
3 Reclamation from Absence 79
4 Insults and Their Possibilities 113
5 From Exclusion to Reclamation 141
6 Injuries and Usurpations 173
Conclusion 207
Appendix A: The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions 213
Appendix B: Printed Versions of Sojourner Truth’s Speech
at the Women’s Rights Convention in 1851 in Akron, Ohio 219
Notes 225
Bibliography 261
Index 271

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Having done both, I do not know which is harder, writing
a book or gestating and giving birth to a baby. They
are mostly incomparable, but for me these experiences
shared an important feature: they required the support, encour-
agement, and critical feedback of many, many people. Books
give one the opportunity to thank the people who helped, and
thus could begin an extensive list of the differences in these activ-
ities. Instead, I would like to thank as many people as I can for
making this book possible.
First, thanks to all the people who supported my work on
this project from its very early stages to right now. It’s hard for
me to separate out who gave me support as a friend, a colleague,
or a mentor, and I think that is a sign of my great good fortune.
My enormous thanks to Buick Audra, Carolyn Benedict, Valri
Bromfield, Amy Bryant, Edward Burger, Julie Carr, Polly Case,
Amanda Chiampi, Natalie Cisneros, Stacy Clifford, Elizabeth
Covington, Kate Cox, Carolyn Cusick, Rebecca Davenport,
Christina Dickerson, Idit Dobbs-W einstein, Amanda Dort,
Nate Dort, Michael Eck, Sarah Kate Edwards, Teddy Edwards,
Pete Emerson, Jennifer Foley, Mona Frederick, Edward Friedman,