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Alison Assiter (born 23 October 1949), is the Professor of
Feminist Theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's social roles, experiences, interests, chores, and femin ...
at the
University of the West of England The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a public research university, located in and around Bristol, England. The institution was know as the Bristol Polytechnic in 1970; it received university status in 1992 and ...
.


Education

Assiter gained her degree from Bristol University, her B.Phil. from Somerville College, Oxford, and her D.Phil. from Sussex University in 1984.


Career

In the early 2000s, Assiter was the dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Science at UWE Bristol, and the
London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...
visiting professor of sociology in January 2006. Assiter's book ''Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth'' was described as "an important contribution to the general subject matter of realizable well-being" and "illuminating and thought-provoking". It has also been reviewed by ''
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''.


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See also

* Louis Althusser * Avedon Carol *
Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...
* Søren Kierkegaard *
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* 1949 births Academics of the University of the West of England, Bristol Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Sussex Alumni of the University of the West of England, Bristol British feminists British women's rights activists Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences British women non-fiction writers {{Feminism-stub