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Between Feminism and Materialism

A Question of Method

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Part of the book series: Breaking Feminist Waves (BFW)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Introduction

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 1-9
  3. Production

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 11-34
  4. Objectivity

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 35-61
  5. Reason

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 63-85
  6. Essentialism

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 87-107
  7. Identity

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 109-129
  8. Non-Identity

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 131-153
  9. Sex and Gender

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 155-177
  10. Patriarchy

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 179-200
  11. Conclusion

    • Gillian Howie
    Pages 201-205
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 207-268

About this book

In her latest book, Gillian Howie offers a bold new way to make sense of the relationship between feminist theory and capitalism. This exciting combination of existentialism, phenomenology, and critical theory delivers a proactive feminism ready to respond to the challenges presented by our thoroughly modern times.

Reviews

"Howie constructs a genuinely critical feminist theory capable of unifying, dialectically, many of the diverse problems that exercise feminists today. Through a sophisticated, systematic deployment of a philosophically nuanced materialism, Howie defends the senses of 'realism,' 'objectivity,' 'essence,' 'woman,' and 'patriarchy,' which she argues are necessary for the identification of and struggle against the oppression of women. She also convincingly explains the form that oppression often takes by demonstrating the relevance of revivified Marxist categories (reification, commodification, alienation, exploitation), while bending a sometimes-reluctant Adorno into the service of feminism. This book should be read by anyone interested in the relation between feminist theory and politics and confirms Howie as one of the most important feminist materialist thinkers writing in English today." - Stella Sandford, Principal Lecturer in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University London

About the author

GILLIAN HOWIE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Between Feminism and Materialism

  • Book Subtitle: A Question of Method

  • Authors: Gillian Howie

  • Series Title: Breaking Feminist Waves

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230113435

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10269-9Published: 17 November 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28713-0Published: 15 September 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11343-5Published: 11 October 2010

  • Series ISSN: 2945-6991

  • Series E-ISSN: 2945-7009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 268

  • Topics: Gender Studies, Feminism

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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