
Gender and Knowledge
Elements of a Postmodern Feminism
Susan J. Hekman(Author)
Polity Press
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 19. March 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7456-1048-1 (ISBN)
Description
After the success of the hardback, students and academics will welcome the publication of this book in paperback. The aim of the book is to explore the connection between two perspectives that have had a profound effect upon contemporary thought: post-modernism and feminism. Through bringing together and systematically analysing the relations between these, Hekman is able to make a major intervention into current debates in social theory and philosophy.
The critique of Enlightenment knowledge, she argues, is at the core of both post-modernism and feminism. Each also offers a basis for critical reflections about the other. In particular, post-modern philosophy provides a means of criticizing aspects of contemporary feminism and thus contributing to the development of a more sophisticated approach to current feminist issues.
The critique of Enlightenment knowledge, she argues, is at the core of both post-modernism and feminism. Each also offers a basis for critical reflections about the other. In particular, post-modern philosophy provides a means of criticizing aspects of contemporary feminism and thus contributing to the development of a more sophisticated approach to current feminist issues.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-1048-1 (9780745610481)
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Person
Susan Hekman was previously Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Washington.
Content
1 Modernism, Postmodernism and Feminism. 2 Rational/Irrational.
3 Subject/Object.
4 Nature/Culture.
5 The Possibilities of a Postmodern Feminism.
References.
3 Subject/Object.
4 Nature/Culture.
5 The Possibilities of a Postmodern Feminism.
References.