Is the history of philosophy the history of masculine texts and male problems? Is the position of women in philosophy a question of exclusion by men rather than, as some suggest, of a hypothetically immanent femininity"? Is "The Second Sex" a work of philosophy and what can it teach us about the relation of philosophy to experience? How to be a woman philosopher, and a conceptually adventurous woman is a question which dissolves distinctions between biography, history, politics and philosophy. Michele le Doeuff takes on the history of philosophy to question its gender and to question the social and legislative conclusions to which its formulations have led us. In four parts, "Hipparchia's Choice" is a work of rare irreverance and unimpeachable seriousness. It points the way to a philosophy accountable to history, to feminism, to society and to intelligibility.

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In Greek mythology the beautiful Narcissus glimpsed his own reflection in the waters of a spring and fell in love. But his was an impossible passion and, filled with despair, he pined away. Over the years the myth has inspired painters, writers, and film directors, as well as philosophers and psychoanalysts. The tragic story of Narcissus, in love with himself, and of Echo, the nymph in love with him, lies at the heart of this collection of essays exploring the origins of the myth and some of its many cultural manifestations and meanings relating to the self and the self's relationship to the other. Through their discussion of the myth and its ramifications, the contributors to this volume broaden our understanding of one of the fundamental myths of Western culture. Lieve Spaas is Research Professor of Arts and Culture, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University and has worked in social anthropology, French literature, and francophone film. Trista Selous is Associate Research Fellow at Roehampton Institute, London.

The Fourier Integral and Its Application