Marilyn Frye

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Marilyn Frye (born 1941 in Tulsa, Oklahoma)[1] is a philosophy professor and feminist theorist. She earned her Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1969 and has taught feminist philosophy, metaphysics, and philosophy of language at Michigan State University since 1974. Frye also serves Michigan State University as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Letters.

Frye is openly lesbian,[2] and much of her work explores social categories -- in particular, those based on race and gender.[3]

[edit] Awards/Distinctions

  • Frye was named Distinguished Woman Philosopher of the Year by the Society for Women in Philosophy in 2001.[4]
  • Frye was chosen as Phi Beta Kappa’s Romanell Professor in Philosophy for 2007-2008. The annually-awarded Romanell Professorship "recognizes the recipient's distinguished achievement and substantial contribution to the public understanding of philosophy." Recipients of this award also offer a series of lectures open to the public; Frye's series will be entitled "Kinds of People: Ontology and Politics."[5]

[edit] Bibliography

  • Politics Of Reality - Essays In Feminist Theory (1983)
  • Willful Virgin: Essays in Feminism, 1976-1992 (1992)
  • "The Necessity of Differences: Constructing a Positive Category of Women," SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol.21, No.3, Summer (1996)
  • Feminist Interpretations of Mary Daly (Re-Reading the Canon), co-editor with Sarah Lucia Hoagland (2000)
  • "Essentialism/Ethnocentrism: The Failure of the Ontological Cure," Is Academic Feminism Dead? Theory in Practice, ed., the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies at the University of Minnesota, NYU Press, (2000)
  • "Categories and Dichotomies," Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories, ed., Loraine Code, NY: Routledge, (2000)
  • "Categories in Distress," Feminist Interventions in Ethics and Politics, eds., Barbara Andrew, Jean Keller, Lisa Schwartzman; Rowman and Littlefield, Spring (2005)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Frye, Marilyn. The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory, The Crossing Press, 1983, ISBN 089594099X, p175
  2. ^ Willful Virgin: Essays in Feminism, 1976-1992 (1992)
  3. ^ MSU Philosopher Marilyn Frye Wins Romanell-Phi Beta Kappa Professorship accessed June 21, (2007)
  4. ^ MSU Women’s Studies Newsletter Spring 2000 accessed June 21, 2007
  5. ^ Phi Beta Kappa Society '07 Romanell Professor accessed June 21, (2007)
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