Reviews for Fundamental feminism

The average rating for Fundamental feminism based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-03-02 00:00:00 Jose Aurelio I first read this book as an undergrad Women's Studies major in the early 1990's, shortly after it was published. One of the notes I wrote on the back cover was "epistemoblahblahblah." I'm not quite sure what motivated me to not only save this book, but to give it a thorough rereading after all these years. All I can say is: I'm glad I did. Having read so much more of the works included in her own analysis in the meantime, I see how prescient she was about the dilemmas posed by postmodernism (which set itself up to be the answer to the conundrums and contradictions of traditional philosophy), and the crises posed by late-capitalism. To my mind, the core concepts identified by Grant continue to pose problems for feminism in academia and the resolution of conflicts posed by gender that feminism set itself up to resolve. As such, the final chapter of this book is powerful because unlike many books about feminism or gender, it presents suggestions for solutions; solutions that involve a re-framing of what we mean by feminism, what feminism does, and how, rather than an end in itself, it should be viewed as a method, a lens for analysis. "In fact, a feminist lens demands precisely that one step beyond what one knows as a woman, because to know as a woman means to know from the perspective of the structure of gender. In contrast, a feminist perspective means that one has a critical distance on gender and on oneself. It means that one is reconstructing oneself in terms of a new community." (p. 181) "The aim of feminist politics is the end of gender and the creation of new human beings who are self-determining and fully participate in the development of their own constantly evolving subjectivity. We could think of this as a feminist humanist vision." (p. 183) If I were teaching an Intro Women's/Gender Studies class today, I would certainly make sure this book was part of my syllabus.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-04-09 00:00:00 Joseph Morris trade paper good condition some bent page corners