Alison Assiter
British activist, born 1949
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Alison Assiter FRSA, FAcSS[1] (born 23 October 1949),[2] is a British academic who is Professor of Feminist Theory at the University of the West of England.[3]
Alison Assiter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 October 1949 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Bristol University Somerville College, Oxford University of Sussex |
| Thesis | The limits of Althusserianism (1984) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of the West of England London School of Economics |
| Main interests | Feminist philosophy, feminist theory, political philosophy |
| Notable works | Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth |
Education
Assiter gained her degree from Bristol University, her B.Phil. from Somerville College, Oxford,[3] and her D.Phil. from Sussex University in 1984.[4]
Career
In the early 2000s, Assiter was the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Science at UWE Bristol,[5] and the London School of Economics visiting professor of sociology in January 2006.[6]
Assiter's book Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth was described as "an important contribution to the general subject matter of realizable well-being"[7] and "illuminating and thought-provoking".[8] It has also been reviewed by Times Higher Education.[9]
Bibliography
- Assiter, Alison (1989). Pornography, feminism, and the individual. London Winchester, Mass: Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745303192.
- Assiter, Alison (1990). Althusser and feminism. London Winchester, Mass: Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745302942.
- Assiter, Alison; Shaw, Eileen (1993). Using records of achievement in higher education. London Philadelphia: Kogan Page. ISBN 9780749411114.
- Assiter, Alison; Carol, Avedon (1993). Bad girls and dirty pictures: the challenge to reclaim feminism. London Boulder, Colo: Pluto Press. ISBN 9780745305240.
- Assiter, Alison (1995). Transferable skills in higher education. London Philadelphia: Kogan Page. ISBN 9780749415501.
- Assiter, Alison (1996). Enlightened women modernist feminism in a postmodern age. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415083386.
- Assiter, Alison (2003). Revisiting universalism. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780333984529.
- Assiter, Alison (2009). Kierkegaard, metaphysics and political theory unfinished selves. London New York: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 9780826498311.
- Assiter, Alison; Tonon, Margherita (2012). Kierkegaard and the political. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Pub. ISBN 9781443840613.
- Assiter, Alison (2015). Kierkegaard, Eve, and metaphors of birth. London New York: Rowman & Littlefield International. ISBN 9781783483259.
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