Feminist amnesia : the wake of women's liberation / Jean Curthoys.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curthoys, Jean, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Political correctness.

Physical Description:

xii, 200 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Summary:

"Feminist Amnesia" is an important challenge to contemporary academic feminism. Jean Curthoys argues that the intellectual decline of university arts education and the loss of a deep moral commitment in feminism are related phenomena. The contradiction set up by the radical ideas of the 1960s, and institutionalised life of many of its protagonists in the academy, has produced a special kind of intellectual distortion. This book criticizes current trends in feminist theory from the perspective of forgotten and allegedly outdated feminist ideas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-194) and index.

ISBN:

0415148065

0415148073

OCLC:

34776004