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An Overview on the Feminism and Its Categories
Haradhan Kumar Mohajan •
This paper offers a comprehensive overview of feminism’s historical development, ideological foundations, and categorical variants. Mohajan traces the evolution of feminist thought from early movements to contemporary debates, highlighting key challenges and future directions for global gender justice.
Feminism Liberal Feminism Radical Feminism
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Beyond Identity: Feminism, Identity and Identity Politics
Susan Hekman •
This influential 2000 article critiques both Judith Butler's theory of the subject and the practice of identity politics in feminism. Hekman proposes a middle ground between modern and postmodern conceptions of the subject while arguing for removing identity from the political realm entirely. The paper challenges fundamental assumptions about how feminism organizes politically around identity categories.
Feminist Theory Identity Politics Postmodern Feminism
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Beyond the Politics of Location: The Power of Argument in a Global Era
Sylvia Walby •
This 2000 article by leading feminist sociologist Sylvia Walby challenges the dominance of standpoint epistemology and the 'politics of location' in feminist theory. Walby argues that in an era of globalization, feminism needs to move beyond location-based knowledge claims and embrace the power of reasoned argument to make effective universal claims about gender justice. The paper engages critically with postmodern and postcolonial feminist theories that privilege particular standpoints over universal reasoning.
Feminist Theory Postmodern Feminism Academic Feminism
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What Counts as Feminist Theory
Elizabeth Ermarth •
This essay explores the definitional boundaries and epistemological foundations of feminist theory, questioning what kinds of thinking and practice can be counted as 'theory' and how such distinctions affect feminist academic and political practice. Ermarth examines feminist theory's diversity and inclusivity from a postmodern perspective.
Feminist Theory Postmodern Feminism Feminist Epistemology
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Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy
Nancy Fraser •
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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Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective
Donna Haraway •
This groundbreaking paper redefines the concept of objectivity, proposing 'situated knowledges' as a third way between traditional scientific objectivity and relativism. Haraway argues that all knowledge comes from specific positional perspectives, advocating for 'feminist objectivity'—a form of knowledge production that acknowledges partiality, location, and embodiment.
Feminist Epistemology Science Studies Postmodern Feminism
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Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses
Chandra Talpade Mohanty •
This influential essay critiques Western feminist scholarship that represents Third World women as a monolithic, oppressed group without agency. Mohanty argues that such representations perpetuate colonial discourses and calls for a more nuanced, contextualized understanding of women's experiences across different cultures and geopolitical locations.
Decolonial Feminism Postmodern Feminism Epistemic Colonialism Critique
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A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century
Donna Haraway •
This influential essay reimagines feminist theory through the metaphor of the cyborg—a hybrid of machine and organism. Haraway critiques traditional boundaries between human and non-human, nature and culture, and proposes a post-gender, post-essentialist feminist politics rooted in affinity, irony, and technological embodiment.
Socialist Feminism Postmodern Feminism Digital Feminism
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The Laugh of the Medusa
Hélène Cixous •
This groundbreaking 1975 essay introduces the concept of 'écriture féminine' (feminine writing), calling for women to reclaim their bodies and desires through writing. Cixous reinterprets the myth of Medusa, transforming her from a monstrous figure into a symbol of feminine power and creativity, challenging patriarchal language systems and advocating for the revolutionary potential of women's writing.
Postmodern Feminism Feminist Literary Criticism Women's Writing
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