The feminine subject

By Susan J. Hekman

Subjects: Hq1190 .h45 2014, Feminist theory, 305.4201, Filosofische aspecten, Radikalfeminsm, Féminisme, Political Freedom & Security, Feminismus, Feminstisk teori, Vrouwen, Intersectionality, Théorie féministe, Feminism, Marxism, Liberalism, Civil Rights, Feministisk teori, Filosofer, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Intersektionalitet, Kvinnors rättigheter, Postmodernism, Radical feminism, Women's rights, Historia, History, Philosophers

Description: "In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, "What does it mean to be a woman?" Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical transformation of the meaning of "woman" that defined the direction of subsequent feminist theory. What Beauvoir discovered is that it is impossible to define "woman" as an equal human being in our philosophical and political tradition. Her effort to redefine "woman" outside these parameters set feminist theory on a path of radical transformation. The feminist theorists who wrote in the wake of Beauvoir's work followed that path."--back cover.