Feminist challenges : social and political theory
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Feminist challenges : social and political theory
Allen & Unwin, 1986
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Bibliography: p. 205-215
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Over the past decade, an impressive body of feminist criticism of social and political theory has been written, work which raises far-reaching questions about conventional assumptions and methods, and reveals how feminist theorists challenge the fundamental presuppositions and categories of "male-stream" theory. The essays in this collection break new ground by going beyond analysis of classic texts or examination of "women's issues." Texts and issues are placed in a wider theoretical perspective which brings the patriarchal construction of theory itself into question. Major themes explored include: the relationship of women and feminism to the theoretical tradition; the problem of "equality"; the theoretical significance of sexual difference and the female body; and the development of feminist theoretical alternatives. "Feminist challenges" is essential reading for students in the social sciences and humanities concerned with theoretical issues.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: the theoretical subversiveness of feminism, Carole Pateman. PART I The challenge to theory: Feminism, philosophy and riddles without answers, Moira Gatens
- Vanishing acts in social and political thought - tricks of the trade, Beverly Thiele
- Ethics revisited - women and/in philosophy, Rosi Braidotti. PART II The challenge to liberalism: Selfhood, war and masculinity, Genevieve Lloyd
- Sex equality is not enough for feminism, Merle Thornton
- Women and political rationality, Janna Thompson
- Desire, consent and liberal theory, Lenore Coltheart. PART III The challenge to academia: Philosophy, subjectivity and the body - Kristeva and Irigaray, Elizabeth Gross
- Simone de Beauvoir - philosophy and/or the female body, Catriona Mackenzie
- Women, domestic life and sociology, Anna Yeatman
- Evidence and silence - feminism and the limits of history, Judith Allen
- Conclusion - what is feminist theory?, Elizabeth Gross.
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