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Academic Patriarchy Critique
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But the empress has no clothes! Some awkward questions about the 'missing revolution' in feminist theory
Liz Stanley & Sue Wise โข
This provocative 2000 article challenges the state of contemporary feminist theory, arguing that while feminist epistemology, methodology and ethics have undergone revolutionary transformation, feminist theory remains trapped within parallel structures to mainstream/malestream social theory. Stanley and Wise call for a fundamental feminist autocritique and the development of feminist metatheory.
Feminist Theory Academic Feminism Feminist Literary Criticism
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Who Counts (or Doesn't Count) What as Feminist Theory?: An Exercise in Dictionary Use
Bronwyn Winter โข
This critical essay examines epistemological boundaries and power relations in academic discourse by investigating how dictionaries define and categorize feminist theory. Winter analyzes which theoretical traditions are included or excluded, and how these choices reflect power dynamics and knowledge politics within feminism.
Feminist Theory Academic Feminism Feminist Epistemology
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Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy
Nancy Fraser โข
This groundbreaking 1990 essay provides a feminist critique of Habermas's theory of the public sphere. Fraser introduces the concept of 'subaltern counterpublics' to reveal the exclusionary nature of the bourgeois public sphere, arguing for the necessity of multiple publics and offering a new theoretical framework for understanding democratic participation and social justice.
Liberal Feminism Political Participation Cultural Critique
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