Yielding gender : feminism, deconstruction, and the history of philosophy / / Penelope Deutscher

• Autore: Deutscher Penelope <1966, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.42/01
• Soggetto topico: Feminist theory; Deconstruction; Philosophy, Modern
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY AND CONSTITUTIVE INSTABILITY; GENDER TROUBLE/CONSTITUTIVE TROUBLE; DECONSTRUCTION IN A RETROSPECTIVE TIME; LE DUFF, KOFMAN AND IRIGARAY AS THEORISTS OF CONSTITUTIVE INSTABILITY; JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU AND THE INCONSTANCY OF WOMAN; CONSTITUTIVE INSTABILITY IN ROUSSEAU'S DEFENCE OF NATURAL SEXUAL DIFFERENCE; OPERATIVE CONTRADICTION IN AUGUSTINE'S CONFESSIONS; THE NOTORIOUS CONTRADICTIONS OF SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Traditional accounts of the feminist history of philosophy have viewed reason as associated with masculinity and subsequent debates have been framed by this assumption. Yet recent debates in deconstruction have shown that gender has never been a stable matter. In the history of philosophy 'female' and 'woman' are full of ambiguity. What does deconstruction have to offer feminist criticism of the history of philosophy? Yielding Gender explores this question by examining three crucial areas; the issue of gender as 'troubled'; deconstruction; and feminist criticism of the history of
• Titolo autorizzato: Yielding gender
• ISBN: 1-134-77094-4; 1-280-32983-1; 0-203-28387-2; 1-134-77095-2; 0-203-04771-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809913003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II