Difference and Social Structure

Iris Young's Legacy of a Critical Social Theory of Gender

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ID6354058
AuthorsLaurel Weldon (0000-0003-1927-5242, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume4
Issue2
Pages311-317
Publication date2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitics & Gender (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1743-923X • E-ISSN: 1743-9248
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1743923x08000214
OpenAlexW2130755500
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited21

Iris Young was a wide-ranging political and social theorist whose works transformed the study of democratic theory, theories of justice, multiculturalism, nationalism, and group rights, among others—all of this in addition to her enormous contribution to feminist theory. Young left not only specific substantive legacies but also her method as a critical social theorist: She sought to undertake projects that helped make sense of the claims and analyses made by progressive social movements, including feminist movements, by providing a philosophical grounding for those claims and analyses. She trained her critical eye on political and social institutions, aiming to expose relations of domination and other injustices

Critical theory · Democracy · Epistemology · Multiculturalism · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Social justice · Social science · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics

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