The Future of Differences
Truth and Method in Feminist Theory
Published on 8. July 2013
184 pages
978-0-7456-6708-9 (ISBN)
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This key work addresses one of the most central and controversial issues in contemporary feminist theory: the problem of difference.
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Susan Hekman is Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington.
Content
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 FeministStandpoint Theory.
Defining the feminist standpoint.
The challenge of difference: redefining the feministstandpoint.
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 inMoral/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.
The Other.
From erasure to emphasis.
From difference to differences.
The future of differences.
2. From Difference to Differences: The Case of FeministStandpoint Theory.
Defining the feminist standpoint.
The challenge of difference: redefining the feministstandpoint.
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 inMoral/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.
