1st Edition
Yielding Gender Feminism, Deconstruction and the History of Philosophy
By Penelope Deutscher
Copyright 1997
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Traditional accounts of the feminist history of philosophy have viewed reason as associated with masculinity and subsequent debates have been framed by this assumption. Yet recent debates in deconstruction have shown that gender has never been a stable matter. In the history of philosophy 'female' and 'woman' are full of ambiguity. What does deconstruction have to offer feminist criticism of the... Read more
INTRODUCTION FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY AND CONSTITUTIVE INSTABILITY 1 GENDER TROUBLE/CONSTITUTIVE TROUBLE 2 DECONSTRUCTION IN A RETROSPECTIVE TIME 3 LE DŒUFF, KOFMAN AND IRIGARAY AS THEORISTS OF CONSTITUTIVE INSTABILITY 4 JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU AND THE INCONSTANCY OF WOMAN 5 CONSTITUTIVE INSTABILITY IN ROUSSEAU’S DEFENCE OF NATURAL SEXUAL DIFFERENCE 6 OPERATIVE CONTRADICTION IN AUGUSTINE’S CONFESSIONS 7 THE NOTORIOUS CONTRADICTIONS OF SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR, CONCLUSION
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Penelope Deutscher
' ... locates a major nerve in contemporary feminist debates.' - Kvinder, Kon & Forskning NR.3 1999
