Love and Knowledge: Emotion in Feminist Epistemology
Type de ressource
Auteur/contributeur
- Jaggar, Allison M. (Auteur)
Titre
Love and Knowledge: Emotion in Feminist Epistemology
Résumé
This paper argues that, by construing emotion as epistemologically subversive, the
Western tradition has tended to obscure the vital role of emotion in the construction of knowledge. The paper begins with an account of emotion that stresses its active, voluntary, and socially constructed aspects, and indicates how
emotion is involved in evaluation and observation. It then moves on to show how the myth of dispassionate investigation has functioned historically to undermine the epistemic authority of women as well as other social groups associated culturally
with emotion. Finally, the paper sketches some ways in which the emotions of underclass groups, especially women, may contribute to the development of a critical social theory.
Publication
Inquiry
Volume
32
Numéro
2
Pages
151-176
Date
1989
Langue
Anglais
ISSN
0020-174X
Référence
Jaggar, Allison M. (1989). Love and Knowledge: Emotion in Feminist Epistemology. Inquiry, 32(2), 151‑176. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00201748908602185
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