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Bookcover
Feminist Alliances.

BURNS, Lynda (Ed.)
Amsterdam/New York, NY, 2006, VII, 195 pp.
Pb: 978-90-420-1728-3 / 90-420-1728-7
€ 40 / US$ 54

Series:
Value Inquiry Book Series
 175
Philosophy and Women



This book is about feminism, its critics, and its possible directions for change. The nine chapters raise questions about theories of sexual difference, power, justice and history. A central theme concerns the prospects for combining feminist with other, non-feminist, political perspectives.

CONTENTS
Preface
Lynda BURNS: Introduction
Part One: Responding to Challenges
Iris Marion YOUNG: The Complexities of Coalition
Alison M. JAGGAR: Whose Politics? Who’s Correct?
Chris BEASLEY: Speaking of Feminism . . . What Are We Arguing About?
Part Two: Rethinking Feminist Alliances
Jenna THOMPSON: The Purposes of Politics: A Feminist Inquiry
Lisa FEATHERSTONE: Foucault, Feminism, and History
Jacqui BROAD, KAREN GREEN, HELEN PROSSER: Emasculating Metaphor: Whither the Maleness of Reason?
Susan DUGGIN, JASON PUDSEY: Care Ethics, Power and Feminist Socioanalysis
Narelle LYDEAMORE: Pornography and Power
Marguerite La CAZE: Splitting the Difference: Between Young and Fraser on Identity Politics
Bibliography
About the Author
Index



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