Alison Assiter Explained

Alison Assiter FRSA, AcSS
Birth Date:	1949 10, df=yes
Workplaces:	University of the West of England
Alma Mater:	Bristol University Somerville College, Oxford University of Sussex
Thesis Title:	The limits of Althusserianism
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/223725836
Thesis Year:	1984
Main Interests:	Feminist philosophy, feminist theory, Political philosophy
Major Works:	Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth
Website:	http://www.alisonassiter.com/

Alison Assiter (born 23 October 1949),^{[1] [2]} is the 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, 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

• Book: Assiter, Alison . Pornography, feminism, and the individual . Pluto Press . London Winchester, Mass . 1989 . 9780745303192 .
• Book: Assiter, Alison . Althusser and feminism . registration . Pluto Press . London Winchester, Mass . 1990 . 9780745302942 .
• Book: Assiter . Alison . Shaw . Eileen . Using records of achievement in higher education . Kogan Page . London Philadelphia . 1993 . 9780749411114 .
• Book: Assiter . Alison . Carol . Avedon . Avedon Carol . Bad girls and dirty pictures: the challenge to reclaim feminism . Pluto Press . London Boulder, Colo . 1993 . 9780745305240 .
• Book: Assiter, Alison . Transferable skills in higher education . Kogan Page . London Philadelphia . 1995 . 9780749415501 .
• Book: Assiter, Alison . Enlightened women modernist feminism in a postmodern age . Routledge . London New York . 1996 . 9780415083386 .
• Book: Assiter, Alison . Revisiting universalism . Palgrave Macmillan . Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York . 2003 . 9780333984529 .
• Book: Assiter, Alison . Kierkegaard, metaphysics and political theory unfinished selves . Continuum International Publishing Group . London New York . 2009 . 9780826498311 .
• Book: Assiter . Alison . Tonon . Margherita . Kierkegaard and the political . Cambridge Scholars Pub . Newcastle upon Tyne . 2012 . 9781443840613 .
• Book: Assiter, Alison . Kierkegaard, Eve, and metaphors of birth . Rowman & Littlefield International . London New York . 2015 . 9781783483259 .

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Assiter, Alison . Library of Congress . 16 March 2017 . data sheet (b. 10-23-49) .
2. Web site: Member Academicians (list). Assiter. Alison. Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS). 16 July 2013 .
3. Web site: Assiter . Alison . Professor Alison Assiter . University of the West of England . 15 July 2013 . 9 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131009085815/http://people.uwe.ac.uk/Pages/person.aspx?accountname=campus%5Cam-assiter . dead .
4. PhD . Assiter . Alison. 1984. The limits of Althusserianism . University of Sussex. 223725836.
5. Web site: UWE awarded excellent results for economics and politics (press release) . info.uwe.ac.uk . . 21 December 2001 .
6. Rose . Nikolas . Message from the Convenor . Sociology Research News (LSE Newsletter) . 4 . 1 . 2 . . November 2005 .
7. Morgan . Jamie . Beyond the liberal self . Journal of Critical Realism . 10 . 3 . 392–409 . 10.1558/jcr.v10i3.392 . 2011 . 144202293 .
8. Richardson . Janice . Book Review: Alison Assiter, Kierkegaard, Metaphysics and Political Theory: Unfinished Selves . . 18 . 2 . 205–207 . 10.1177/13505068110180020703 . May 2011 . 145492369 .
9. News: Sands . Danielle . Kierkegaard, Eve and Metaphors of Birth, by Alison Assiter . . TES Global . 30 July 2015 .