This book examines in great detail the different aspects of dominant individualistic ideas about persons. It argues that an alternative conception of persons, favored by many feminist thinkers, is more complicated than is often thought but can be shown to be a reasonable and plausible conception.

Preface -- Autonomy -- Separateness -- The Critique of Separateness -- Being-in-Relation -- Examples of Being-in-Relation -- Love and Anger -- Knowledge: Separate or in-Relation? -- Power and Empowerment -- About the Book and Author