Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 176
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Trim: 6 x 9¼
978-0-7425-1380-8 • Hardback • December 2002 • $119.00 • (£92.00)
978-0-7425-1381-5 • Paperback • December 2002 • $40.00 • (£31.00)
Chris Cuomo is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati. She is the author or editor of numerous articles and two other books, including Whiteness (Rowman & Littlefield, 1999), which she edited with Kim Hall.
Chapter 1 The Philosopher Queen
Chapter 2 War as an Opportunity for Learning
Chapter 3 Ethics, Earth, and the Secular Sacred
Chapter 4 Critical Theory and the Science of Complexity
Chapter 5 Justice, Joy, and Feminist Sex
Chapter 6 Sisterwomanchainsaw
Chapter 7 Codeword: Diversity
Chapter 8 The King of Whiteness
Chapter 9 Getting Closer: On the Ethics of Knowledge Production
Chapter 10 Lesbian and its Synonyms (An Essay For All Feminists)
Chapter 11 Reading Simone Weil: It's Better to Fade Away
Chapter 12 The Philosopher Queen on War
Lively, often funny, thought-provoking pieces in which the whole work's preoccupation with the blending of theory and life surfaces effectively and engagingly.
— Women's Review of Books
Chris Cuomo makes philosophy more acessible in this collection of essays. She blends together anecdote with theory giving the reader a deeper sence of meaning and connection with her thoughts. Uniting ideas with action, Cuomo sees the harmful disconnect between the "thinkers" of academia and the "doers" of grassroots activism. Where most writers stop, Cuomo continues to delve into uncomfortable places that blur the boundary of "right" and "wrong". She doesn't allow herself to stop searching the vast expanse of multiple truths, even in moments of embarrassment and self-consciousness. Her voice is different, and in many ways reassuring.
— Altar Magazine
Chris Cuomo serves up a philosopher's delight. The Philosopher Queen is a challenging, stimulating and delightful work that proposes an unorthodox and refreshing approach to thinking, one that fits the interesting times in which we live.
— Paula Gunn Allen, emerita professor, UCLA
Cuomo's arguments are clear. They are honest and motivating. And, at this historical moment they are exactly what we need.
— Alison Bailey, Illinois State University; Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy