Tough Enough
| Author | : Deborah Nelson |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 219 |
| Release | : 2017-04-03 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780226457802 |
| ISBN-10 | : 022645780X |
| Rating | : 4/5 (0X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tough Enough by : Deborah Nelson
Download or read book Tough Enough written by Deborah Nelson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
