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This book focuses on six women who are often seen as particularly tough-minded: Simone Weil (1909-1943, French philosopher), Hannah Arendt (1906-1975, German-American philosopher), Mary McCarthy (1912-1989, American writer), Susan Sontag (1933-2004, American writer), Diane Arbus (1923-1971, American photographer, and Joan Didion (1934, American writer). It traces the careers of these women and their challenges to the pre-eminence of empathy as the ethical posture from which to examine pain.
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Tough Enough, Deborah Nelson
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- Tough Enough
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Deborah Nelson
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 022645780X
- ISBN13
- 9780226457802
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, True Stories, Philosophical Topics, Art, Women, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Feminism, Criticism
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- This book focuses on six women who are often seen as particularly tough-minded: Simone Weil (1909-1943, French philosopher), Hannah Arendt (1906-1975, German-American philosopher), Mary McCarthy (1912-1989, American writer), Susan Sontag (1933-2004, American writer), Diane Arbus (1923-1971, American photographer, and Joan Didion (1934, American writer). It traces the careers of these women and their challenges to the pre-eminence of empathy as the ethical posture from which to examine pain.