Feminism
feminism defined
Commitment to the abolition of male domination in human society. Feminists
differ widely in their accounts of the origins of
patriarchy, their
analyses of its most common consequences, and their concrete proposals for
overcoming it, but all share in the recognition that the subordination of women
to men in our culture is indefensible and eliminable. Many feminist philosophers
oppose Cartesian dualism,
scientific objectivity,
and traditional theories of
moral obligation as
instances of masculine over-reliance on
reason. Serious
attention to the experiences of women would offer a more adequate account of
human life. (philosophypages.com)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
http://homepage.mac.com/gapodaca/digital/digital.html
-- Relationship to Enlightenment: Predicated on equality of all humans: "We
hold these truths to be self evident..." Declaration
-- Relationship to Romanticism: Distrust of rationality and scientific
objectivity; occasional privilege of emotion over reason; primacy of individual
over social role.
-- Relationship to Modernism: Male Hegemony. More: Marxism, Hegemony,
Ideology
-- Postmodernism
Foucault and
"Power/Knowledge"
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The Other