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Loading... Enlightened Women: Modernist Feminism in a Postmodern Ageby Alison Assiter
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This is a bold and controversial feminist, philosophical critique of postmodernism. Whilst providing a brief and accessible introduction to postmodernist feminist thought, Enlightened Women is also a unique defence of realism and enlightenment philosophy. The first half of the book covers an analysis of some of the most influential postmodernist theorists, such as Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler. In the second half Alison Assiter advocates a return to modernism in feminism. She argues, against the current orthodoxy, that there can be a distinction No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)305.42Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Women Role in society, statusLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |