Feminist Contentions
Subtitle: A Philosophical Exchange
By: Seyla Benhabib ... [et al.] ; introduction by Linda Nicholson.
Contributors: Benhabib, Seyla.
Series: Thinking Gender
Publisher: Routledge; Other
Published: 1995-04-06
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Der Streit um Differenz: Feminismus und Postmoderne in der Gegenwart
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780415910866; 9780415910859
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: Feminist theory; Postmodernism -- Social aspects
Other titles: Çatışan Feminizmler: Felsefi Fikir Alışverişi
Description: This unique volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the United States today. Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell and Nancy Fraser discuss some of the key questions facing feminist theory. Each articulates her own position in an initial essay, then responds to the others in a follow-up essay, making possible a conversation between these influential feminist thinkers. Begun as a symposium on the issue of feminism and postmodernism, the volume evolved into a discussion of broader issues such as the usefulness of postmodernism as a theoretical concept; the role of philosophy in social criticism; how historical narrative is best conceptualized; the status of the subject of feminism; and the political effects of different formulations of all these issues. Unlike many collections which assume a given topic and ask various thinkers to respond to it, this format enables the contributors themselves to articulate their own views on the key questions facing feminist theory and distinguish their views from others.

(Source: [Yale University](https://politicalscience.yale.edu/publications/feminist-contentions-philosophical-exchange-thinking-gender))
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"First published as Der Streit um Differenz (Frankfurt : Fischer Verlag, 1993)"--Introd.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, Linda Nicholson
pagenum: 1; title: Essays; label: 1
title: Feminism and Postmodernism, Seyla Benhabib
pagenum: 17; label: 2
title: Contingent Foundations, Judith Butler
pagenum: 35; label: 3
title: False Antitheses, Nancy Fräser
pagenum: 59; label: 4
title: What Is Ethical Feminism?, Drucilla Cornell
pagenum: 75; title: Responses; label: 5
title: Subjectivity, Historiography, and Politics, Seyla Benhabib
pagenum: 107; label: 6
title: For a Careful Reading, Judith Butler
pagenum: 127; label: 7
title: Rethinking the Time of Feminism, Drucilla Cornell
pagenum: 145; label: 8
title: Pragmatism, Feminism, and the Linguistic Turn, Nancy Fraser
pagenum: 157; title: Index
pagenum: 173