Alison Assiter

Alison Assiter FRSA FAcSS
Born	(1949-10-23) 23 October 1949 (age 75)
Academic background
Alma mater	Bristol University Somerville College, Oxford University of Sussex
Thesis	The limits of Althusserianism  (1984)

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]

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.

See also

• Biography portal
• Society portal

• Louis Althusser
• Avedon Carol
• Immanuel Kant
• Søren Kierkegaard
• Socrates
• Code Pink

References

1. Assiter, Alison. "Member Academicians (list)". Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). Retrieved 16 July 2013.
2. "Assiter, Alison". Library of Congress. Retrieved 16 March 2017. data sheet (b. 10-23-49)
3. Assiter, Alison. "Professor Alison Assiter". University of the West of England. Archived from the original on 9 October 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
4. Assiter, Alison (1984). The limits of Althusserianism (PhD thesis). University of Sussex. OCLC   223725836.
5. "UWE awarded excellent results for economics and politics (press release)". info.uwe.ac.uk. University of the West of England. 21 December 2001.
6. Rose, Nikolas (November 2005). "Message from the Convenor" (PDF). Sociology Research News (LSE Newsletter). 4 (1). London School of Economics: 2.
7. Morgan, Jamie (2011). "Beyond the liberal self". Journal of Critical Realism. 10 (3): 392–409. doi:10.1558/jcr.v10i3.392. S2CID   144202293.
8. Richardson, Janice (May 2011). "Book Review: Alison Assiter, Kierkegaard, Metaphysics and Political Theory: Unfinished Selves". European Journal of Women's Studies . 18 (2): 205–207. doi:10.1177/13505068110180020703. S2CID   145492369.
9. Sands, Danielle (30 July 2015). "Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth, by Alison Assiter". Times Higher Education . TES Global.

External links

• Official website