In a different voice

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Since it's publication more than a decade ago, this highly influential book has won international acclaim and pioneered a revolution in psychology and social sciences. Now, with more than half a million copies of the book in print, Carole Gilligan reflects on the impact and implications of her findings in a new preface to her classic study of women's voices and human development.

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Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women--their motives, their moral commitments, the course of their psychological growth, and their special view of what is important in life. Here she sets out to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. This little book started a revolution, making women's voices heard, in their own right and with their own integrity, for virtually the first time in social scientific theorizing about women. Its impact was immediate and continues to this day, in the academic world and beyond. It has inspired new research, new educational initiatives, and political debate--and helped many women--and men--to see themselves and each other in a different light.--From publisher description.

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