1st Edition

Feminist Contentions A Philosophical Exchange

182 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

184 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1995. This volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the United States. Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell and Nancy Fraser discuss some of the key questions facing feminist theory. Each articulates her own position in an initial essay, then responds to the others in a follow-up essay, making possible a conversation between these... Read more
Introduction Essays 1 Feminism and Postmodernism 2 Contingent Foundations 3 False Antitheses 4 What Is Ethical Feminism? Responses 5 Subjectivity, Historiography, and Politics 6 For a Careful Reading 7 Rethinking the Time of Feminism 8 Pragmatism, Feminism, and the Linguistic Turn

Biography

Professor Nancy Fraser (Northwestern University)