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Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central to concepts of personhood: the soul, the mind, the body, nature, the social. Feminist movements, Riley argues, have had no choice but to play out this indeterminacy of women. This is made plain in their oscillations, since the 1790s, between concepts of equality and of difference. To fully recognize the ambiguity of the category of "women" is, she contends, a necessary condition for an effective feminist political philosophy.
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Language, Discourse, Society: Am I That Name?, Denise Riley, Stephen Heath, Colin MacCabe
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- Released
- 1988
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- Title
- Language, Discourse, Society: Am I That Name?
- Subtitle
- Feminism and the Category of 'Women' in History
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Denise Riley, Stephen Heath, Colin MacCabe
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 132
- ISBN10
- 0333346130
- ISBN13
- 9780333346136
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Nature, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Women, Politics, Science, Sociology, Culture and Society, Feminism, Local History, Literary Criticism, Writing, Political Theories, Cultural History, Scientific Theories, Gender, Required Reading, Social History, Civil Law, Literary Theory, Human Mind, Political Philosophy, Social Policy, Welfare State
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- Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central to concepts of personhood: the soul, the mind, the body, nature, the social. Feminist movements, Riley argues, have had no choice but to play out this indeterminacy of women. This is made plain in their oscillations, since the 1790s, between concepts of equality and of difference. To fully recognize the ambiguity of the category of "women" is, she contends, a necessary condition for an effective feminist political philosophy.