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Communicative Interaction Theory
Complex Equality
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Contemporary Feminism
Conventional Liberalism
critical theory
difference
Eighteenth Century Intellectual Life
enlightenment critique
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feminine
Feminine Difference
Feminism's Interest
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Feminism’s Interest
Feminism’s Relations
feminist humanism in modern theory
Fraternal Patriarchy
gender equality studies
Good Life
Historical Enlightenment
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Modern Feminism
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Modern Humanist Ideals
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Postmodern Political Condition
Romantic Ego
Romantic Feminism
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Self-determining Autonomy
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Simple Formal Equality
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Universalising Enlightenment Ideals
Wollstonecraft's Feminism
Wollstonecraft’s Feminism
Product details
- ISBN 9780813323589
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 17 Aug 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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For Johnson, feminism must recognize itself as a humanism in order to avoid certain theoretical quagmires. [The argument] is extremely provocative, and even, I would say, necessary. This book is sure to be controversial and of interest to a wide audience in feminist theory. I know of no other treatment of feminism and humanism that is so clear, cogent, and systematic. Judith Grant University of Southern California Feminism is currently at an impasse. Both the liberation feminism of the 1970’s and the more recent feminism of difference are increasingly faced with the limitations of their own perspectives. While feminists today generally acknowledge the need to recognise diversity, they lack a coherent framework through which this need can be articulated. In Feminism as Radical Humanism, Pauline Johnson calls for a reassessment of feminism’s relationship to modern humanism. She argues that despite its very thorough and necessary critique of mainstream formulations of humanist ideals, feminism itself remains strongly committed to humanist values. Drawing on a broad range of political and intellectual traditions, Johnson demonstrates that, only by proudly affirming its own humanist commitments can feminist theory find a way to negotiate the impasse in which it currently finds itself. Feminism as Radical Humanism is an important and controversial contribution to feminist theory, and to the ongoing debate about the meaning of contemporary humanism.
