Acknowledgements; Contributors;
1. Introduction: the theoretical subversiveness of feminism Carole Pateman; Part I: The Challenge to Theory:
2. Feminism, philosophy and riddles without answers Moira Gatens;
3. Vanishing acts in social and political thought: tricks of the trade Beverly Thiele;
4. Ethics revisited: women and/in philosophy Rosi Braidotti; Part II: The Challenge to Liberalism:
5. Selfhood, war and masculinity Genevieve Lloyd;
6. Sex equality is not enough for feminism Merle Thornton;
7. Women and political rationality Janna Thompson;
8. Desire, consent and liberal theory Lenore Coltheart; Part III: The Challenge to Academia:
9. Philosophy, subjectivity and the body: Kristeva and Irigaray Elizabeth Gross;
10. Simone de Beauvoir: philosophy and/or the female body Catriona Mackenzie;
11. Women, domestic life and sociology Anna Yeatman;
12. Evidence and silence: feminism and the limits of history Judith Allen;
13. Conclusion: what is feminist theory? Elizabeth Gross; Bibliography