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Feminist philosophy refers to philosophy approached from a feminist perspective. Feminist philosophy involves both attempts to use the methods of philosophy to further the cause of the feminist movements, and attempts to criticise or re-evaluate the ideas of traditional philosophy from within a feminist framework.
There is no one school of feminist philosophy: feminist philosophers, as philosophers, are found in both the analytic and Continental traditions, and the myriad different viewpoints taken on philosophical issues within those traditions; and feminist philosophers, as feminists, are found belonging to the many different varieties of feminism.
Feminism has provided a new perspective to many traditional problems of philosophy. For example, feminist epistemeologists have challenged traditional ideas of how we know things and of rationality, by arguing that these traditional philosophical ideas are based on male assumptions and perspectives and ignore women's voices. Many feminists have also particularly attacked the aggressive argumentative style of traditional philosophy as being male-focused and patriarchial in nature (e.g. Janice Moulton). However, other feminists have defended the traditional philosophical method, arguing that the aggressiveness of traditional philosophy can be used to feminist ends. Some feminists have criticised other feminists for attacking traditional philosophy as aggressive, on the grounds that aggression is a valid female trait, and that feminists should not seek to repeat traditional sex roles which say women can't be aggressive (much less intellectually so.)
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@Chaze_Gregoir "The Problem of Speaking for Others" by Linda Alcoff. *Lovely* essay (read it in Feminist Philosophy)
ebberg (Eric Berg) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:31:06 -0000
@Chaze_Gregoir "The Problem of Speaking for Others" by Linda Alcoff. *Lovely* essay (read it in Feminist Philosophy)
@chakat i was reading some feminist philosophy that equity means everyone has access to the same opportunities (aka moms can be CEOs)...
ecomarci (Marci B) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:11:22 -0000
@chakat i was reading some feminist philosophy that equity means everyone has access to the same opportunities (aka moms can be CEOs)...
A Conversation with Rosi Braidotti - Kathleen O'Grady - Conversation about Braidotti's politically motivated philosophy that provides a new framework for reinventing the female subject in our post-metaphysical world.
Approaches to Feminism - An introductory essay focuced on the emergence of contemporary US feminist philosophies.
Association of Feminst Ethics and Social Theory - A professional organization dedicated to promoting feminist ethical perspectives on philosophy, moral and political life, and public policy.
Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (CSWIP) - Founded in 1976 with the objective of promoting the goals of women in philosophy.
Cyberfeminism and Education in the Era of the Exile of Spirit - Article by Dr. Ilan Gur-Ze'ev, published in: Educational Theory, 49:4,(1999):437-454.
Cyberfeminism with a Difference - Paper by Rosi Braidotti discussing postmodernity and post-human bodies.
Differences. A journal of feminist cultural studies - Differences focuses on how concepts and categories of difference-- notably but not exclusively gender--operate within culture. Situated at the point of intersection of cultural studies and feminism, the two most exciting fields of critical inquiry to have opened up in recent years, Differences is affiliated with the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University.
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Diotima - Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World. The site provide much dead-tree bibliography and many links to on-line resources.
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Feminist History of Philosophy - Survey of feminist writing on the philosophical canon; by Charlotte Witt.
French Feminist Theory - Presents different works on French Feminism - articles, biographies, bibliographies.
Helene Cixous - Helene Cixous Homepage at the European Graduate School including her biography, bibliography and links.
Meta Description: [ Helene Cixous - Hélène Cixous - French Authoress and Feminist ]
Philosophy Titles - This list is limited to titles on philosophy written by woman philosophers. All titles are found in the January 1999 books in print. The most essential works are starred.
Queer Theory - Queer theory information and resources by David Gauntlett at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds.
Queertheory - Explanation of the significance of the word and the difference between Queertheory and feminism.
Radical Philosophy: a journal of socialist and feminist philosophy - It was founded in 1972 in response to the widely felt discontent with the sterility of academic philosophy at the time (in Britain completely dominated by the narrowest sort of ordinary language philosophy), with the purpose of providing a forum for the theoretical work which was emerging in the wake of the radical movements of the 1960s, in philosophy and other fields.
Society for Analytical Feminism - An official society of the American Philosophical Association, that was founded at the Central Division APA meetings in 1991, through the organizing efforts of Virginia Klenk, then of West Virginia University. The Society for Analytical Feminism provides a forum where issues concerning analytical feminism may be openly discussed and examined. Its purpose is to promote the study of issues in Feminism by methods broadly construed as analytic, to examine the use of analytic methods as applied to Feminist issues and to provide a means by which those interested in Analytical Feminism.
The Society for Women in Philosophy - The Society for Women in Philosophy was started in 1972 to promote and support women in philosophy. SWIP holds divisional meetings, meetings in conjunction with the meetings of the American Philosophical Association, and it publishes newsletters.
The Society for Women's Advancement in Philosophy (SWAP) - A graduate student organization dedicated to promoting women in the field of philosophy.
Theorizing -- Feminism and Postmodernity - A Conversation with Linda Hutcheon (1997), by Kathleen O'Grady
Women Philosophers - A page in progress with biographies, articles and links to pages on woman philosophers
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