Theoretical / Feminist Theory
More Power to Argument
Abstract This article participates in debates about feminist argumentation and politics of location, responding to Walby's claims. Knapp, drawing from German Critical Theory traditions, argues that feminism indeed needs powerful arguments, but such argumentation must reflect on its own power effects and situatedness. The article explores how to develop argumentative practices that are both critical and acknowledge positionality, avoiding new universalism's suppression of difference while maintaining feminist theory's analytical sharpness and political effectiveness.
Gudrun-Axeli Knapp / Read paper