Pragmatism and Feminist Theory

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2397652
AutoresVéronique Mottier (0000-0002-6530-6970, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Jesus College, Cambridge, UK, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume7
Fascículo3
Páginas323-335
Data de publicação2004-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1368431004044196
OpenAlexW2076825934
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas30

Although pragmatism and feminism share a number of key features, pragmatist philosophy has had little influence on feminist thought. This article explores the reasons for this failed rendezvous. Focusing particularly on Rorty's neo-pragmatism, it is argued that neo-pragmatism's lack of an adequate political theory, particularly regarding key issues in current feminist theory such as the conceptualization of the relations between the public and private spheres and the understanding of subjectivity, is a particularly important factor here. Earlier versions of pragmatist thought, however, might make more useful contributions to current feminist debates, particularly on the issues of rationality and ethics of care

Conceptualization · Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist philosophy · Pragmatism · Sociology · Subjectivity · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education