The Future of Differences

Truth and Method in Feminist Theory
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7456-2378-8
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

This key work addresses one of the most central and controversial issues in contemporary feminist theory: the problem of difference.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hekman, Susan J

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Problem of Difference.
The Other.

From erasure to emphasis.

From difference to differences.

The future of differences.

2. From Difference to Differences: The Case of Feminist Standpoint Theory.

Defining the feminist standpoint.

The challenge of difference: redefining the feminist standpoint.

Toward a new paradigm.

3. A Method for Differences.

Feminism, method and difference.

Weber's ideal type.

Feminist ideal types.

Conclusion.

4. The Epistemology of Moral Voice: Displacing Hegemony in Moral/Legal Discourse.

Different moral voices. Different legal voices.

A new legal game.

An alternative moral epistemology: multiple voices.

5. Backgrounds and Riverbeds: Feminist Reflections.

Theories of the Background.

Subverting the Background.

Shifting the riverbed.

Conclusion.

Notes.

References.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Hekman is Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington.