The look in sartre and adrienne rich, reprinted in the thinking muse. A critical history ends by arguing that in so far as the u. Feminist philosophy of language has come a long way in a very short time period. An encounter between feminism and postmodernism, nancy fraser and linda j. Postmodern feminism and the french enlightenment in their article entitled social criticism without philosophy. She is most famous for her notion of gender performativity, but her work ranges from literary theory, modern philosophical fiction, feminist and sexuality studies, to 19th and 20thcentury european literature and philosophy, kafka and loss. Feminist philosophy of language stanford encyclopedia of. Feminism and modern philosophy introduces students to the main thinkers and themes of modern philosophy from different feminist perspectives, and highlights the role of gender in studying classical philosophical texts. Womb envy denotes the envy men may feel towards a womans role in nurturing and sustaining life. The article explicates four different understandings of phenomenology and assesses their respective potential. Revolution in poetic language download ebook pdf, epub. Dec, 2006 the article asks how phenomenology, understood as a philosophical method of investigation, can account for gender. Initially, most work in the area was critical, calling for changes either to language itself or to philosophy of language.
Feminism and modern french philosophy, jeffner allen and iris young, eds. Feminism and modern french philosophy jeffner allen, iris marion young on. A feminist critique of merleaupontys phenomenology of perception. Judith butler, sexual ideology and phenomenological description. Continental feminism stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. The womens liberation movement in france and the origins of contemporary french feminism, 19441981. Feminism and modern french philosophy indiana university press bloomington pp. A feminist critique of merleaupontys phenomenology of perception, in the thinking muse. Philosophy and literature by bridging the gap between analytic and continental philosophy, the authors of the thinking muse. Ectogenesis and future concerns, translated into japanese for the us japan womens journal, no. Pdf the thinking woman download full pdf book download. Continental feminists adapt three main methodological toolspostmodernism, psychoanalysis, and phenomenologyto unearth sexist commitments in. The same information should be provided as for printed books, see example books with one author. Feminism and the modern french philosophy largely overcome the cultural polarity between male thinker and female muse.
More recently, however, the dynamic has changed, with the advent of several major positive research programmes within philosophy of language. French philosophy since 1960, by gary gutting find, read and cite all the research you need on. Sexual ideology and phenomenological description philpapers. The only journal for scholarly research at the intersection of philosophy and womens studies, hypatia is a leader in reclaiming the work of women philosophers and is. The only journal for scholarly research at the intersection of philosophy and womens studies, hypatia is a leader in reclaiming the work of women philosophers and is indispensable for those interested in philosophy. Nicholson tentatively sketch out an outline of what they. Nicholson tentatively sketch out an outline of what they describe. Feminism and modern french philosophy, indiana university press, bloomington, 1989, pp. The article explicates four different understandings of phenomenology and assesses their respective. She served as professor of political science at the university of chicago and was affiliated with the center for gender studies and the human rights program there. The cambridge companion to feminism in philosophy edited by miranda fricker and jennifer hornsby. Jeffner allen achieves a crossing of borders and complex worlds often heralded in feminist theory but rarely attempted these abundance writings are intimate chattings that celebrate collisions transitions unexpected that welcome fluidity a. Iris marion young 2 january 1949 1 august 2006 was an american political theorist and socialist feminist focused on the nature of justice and social difference. Womens position in french culture and history should therefore be understood in terms of diversity and even contradiction, rather than monolithic uniformity.
Feminism and modern french philosophy, edited by jeffner allen and iris marion young. The article asks how phenomenology, understood as a philosophical method of investigation, can account for gender. This is a groundbreaking work of poetry, autobiography, lesbian studies, multicultural writing, feminist philosophy, and postmodernism. The same information should be provided as for printed books, see examples above. Judith butler, performance and performativity theatre. Feminism and the modern french philosophy largely overcome the cultural polarity. Feminism and modern french philosophy, iris marion young, a philosopher, discusses the motility of the female body and its stigmas as compared to the malecentered account of human motility as illustrated by merleauponty. If available, provide the permanent link doi, handle, urn or.
The thinking muse feminism and modern french philosophy, jeffner allen, iris marion young, 1989, philosophy, 215 pages. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content women in french studies rethinking the universal, reworking the political. The philosophical problem of birth is reflected on by french phenomenologists jeanpaul sartre, paul ricoeur, michel henry, claude romano, jeanluc marion, and others, with whose thinking on the. Perspectives on difference and equality moira gatens epub version 1747 downloads at 29 mbs this extremely accessible textbook provides a wideranging analysis of the relations between philosophy and feminist thought. Continental feminism denotes a branch of feminist philosophy that draws on theoretical concepts and methods from the continental tradition. In an article entitled throwing like a girl from the book the thinking muse.
If available, provide the permanent link doi, handle, urn or equivalent. Helene cixous, one of the best known french feminists, criticizes freuds arguments about separate paths for male and female development based on the oedipus complex she built on the idea of logocentrism, the privileging of the written word over the spoken word in western culture, to develop the idea of phallogocentrism, where, to simplify, the binary tendency in western language is used. Philosophy and literatureby bridging the gap between analytic and continental philosophy, the authors of the thinking muse. Philosophers poets edited by david wood, university of warwick a collection of philosophers readings of poets and other distinctive writers from heidegger on tolstoy to derrida on mallarme illuminating the. Feminism, humanism and postmodernism radical philosophy. Despite the fact that it has provided useful tools for feminist inquiry, the question remains how gender can be studied within the paradigm of a philosophy of a subject. Moreover, the same principle may be applied to french feminism itself insofar as there is no one movement, theoretical trend or institution that could unproblematically receive this label. Jeffner allen and iris marion young, eds, the thinking.
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