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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Deutscher, Penelope, 1966-

Deutscher P Staff, Corporate Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Deconstruction.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-220) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-77094-4

1-280-32983-1

0-203-28387-2

1-134-77095-2

0-203-04771-0

9780203047712

OCLC:

277619200