Feminist Politics

Deborah Orr is a philosopher who teaches in the Division of Humanities at York University in Toronto. Dianna Taylor is assistant professor of philosophy at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. Eileen Kahl works in the Philosophy and Women's Studies departments at the University of South Florida. Kathleen Earle is a doctoral student at the University of Maryland, College Park. Linda Lopez McAlister is Professor Emerita of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of South Florida. Christa Rainwater has worked as a teaching assistant at the University of San Francisco.

• Part 1 Reconceptualizing Challenges to Entrenched Political DividesChapter 2 Introduction to Identities and DifferencesChapter 3 The Mind/Body Paradigm Crisis And A New Paradigm for FeminismChapter 4 Who's Afraid of Nature? The Rise and Fall of "Denaturalization" in Contemporary Feminist ThoughtChapter 5 "L'intersectionalité": Feminisms in a Divided WorldChapter 6 Feminism Under FireChapter 7 When Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Third Wave Cultural Engagement As Political ActionChapter 8 My Once and Future SelfPart 9 Putting Identity Back into PoliticsChapter 10 Keeping Authenticity in Play - or Being Naughty to be GoodChapter 11 Locating Traitorous Identities: De-Scribing WhitenessChapter 12 Mobility-Unlimitation-Acceleration: General Views and Feminist InterventionsChapter 13 Place, Movement, and Identity: Rethinking EmpowermentChapter 14 Theorizing Identities as Mutually Constitutive: A Critical Reading of Spelman, Aristotle, and Jewish LawChapter 15 Feminist Politics and Feminist Pluralism: Can We Do Feminist Political Theory Without Theories of Gender?Chapter 16 Arendt, Foucault, and Feminist Politics: A Critical Reappraisal

In this exciting and diverse collection, the editors bring together international perspectives on feminist problems both philosophical and practical. From feminism's links to Buddhism, to third-wave activism, to women and militarism, contributors take up novel examples and work them through with philosophical acumen and political vigor. Refreshing, smart, and spirited, this collection will be an invaluable teaching tool and scholarly resource for feminists, philosophers, and everyone in between.