The material of knowledge : feminist disclosures / Susan Hekman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hekman, Susan J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Modern--21st century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Civilization, Modern--21st century.

Civilization, Modern.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2010.

Summary:

Susan Hekman believes we are witnessing an intellectual sea change. The main features of this change are found in dichotomies between language and reality, discourse and materiality. Hekman proposes that it is possible to find a more intimate connection between these pairs, one that does not privilege one over the other. By grounding her work in feminist thought and employing analytic philosophy, scientific theory, and linguistic theory, Hekman shows how language and reality can be understood as an indissoluble unit. In this broadly synthetic work, she offers a new interpretation of questions of science, modernism, postmodernism, and feminism so as to build knowledge of reality and extend how we deal with nature and our increasingly diverse experiences of it.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 The First Settlement: Philosophy of Science

2 The Second Settlement: Analytic Philosophy

3 The Third Settlement: Foucault- We Have Never Been Postmodern

4 The Fourth Settlement: Feminism- From Epistemology to Ontology

5 From Construction to Disclosure: Ontology and the Social

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1282577026

9786612577024

025300425X

9780253004253

OCLC:

638859935