Fruits of Sorrow: Framing Our Attention to Suffering

by Elizabeth V. Spelman

Book Overview

Explores the hidden dynamics at work when we try to make sense of suffering.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807014214
• ISBN13: 9780807014219
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

clear treatment of suffering

Spelman writes a clear (but brief) treatment of the philosophy of suffering. By connecting Plato to slave narratives to AIDS discourse, Spelman convinces the disinterested reader of the value of a feminist philosophy of suffering.