A POSTMODERN ENCOUNTER: POSTSTRUCTURALIST FEMINISM AND THE DECENTERING OF MARXISM

THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS HOW SOME OF THE CRITICISMS THAT POSTSTRUCTURALIST FEMINISTS HAVE MADE WITH RESPECT TO MODERNIST PERSPECTIVES, INCLUDING THAT OF MARXISM, OFFER IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW SPACES FOR A REFASHIONING OF MARXISM IN COMPELLING AND FERTILE WAYS. IT ARGUES THAT POSTSTRUCTURALIST...

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Published inSocialist review (San Francisco) Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 71 - 95
Main Author Biewener, C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.1999
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CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS
FEMINISM, FEMINIST
IDEOLOGY
MARXISM, COMMUNISM
SOCIALISM
THEORY BUILDING OR THEORETICAL APPROACH
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Summary:THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS HOW SOME OF THE CRITICISMS THAT POSTSTRUCTURALIST FEMINISTS HAVE MADE WITH RESPECT TO MODERNIST PERSPECTIVES, INCLUDING THAT OF MARXISM, OFFER IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW SPACES FOR A REFASHIONING OF MARXISM IN COMPELLING AND FERTILE WAYS. IT ARGUES THAT POSTSTRUCTURALIST FEMINISM OFFERS TWO CHALLENGES TO MODERNIST PERSPECTIVES: AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL CHALLENGE CONCERNING TRUTH CLAIMS AND AN ONTOLOGICAL CHALLENGE CONCERNING THE CONSTITUTION OF REALITY IN GENERAL AND OF SUBJECTIVITY IN PARTICULAR.
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ISSN:0161-1801