Difference between revisions of "Feminist theory"
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| + | Feminist Theory | ||
| + | "The guiding set of beliefs and principles that become the basis for action" | ||
| + | (hooks, feminist theory: from margin to center, 30) | ||
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| + | FEMINIST THEORY- An examination of women’s positions in society, based on the belief | ||
| + | that current positions are unequal and unjust, which also provides tactics and criteria for change. | ||
| + | “Feminist theory - of all kinds - is to be based on, or anyway touch base with, the variety of real | ||
| + | life stories women provide about themselves.” (Lugones and Spelman, “Have We Got a Theory for You!”) | ||
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| + | “...But if say, an empirical theory is purported to be about ‘women’ and in fact is only about | ||
| + | certain women, it is certainly false, probably ethnocentric, and of dubious usefulness except to | ||
| + | those whose position in the world it strengthens (and theories, as we know, don’t have to be true | ||
| + | in order to be used to strengthen people’s positions in the world).” (Lugones and Spelman, “Have We Got a Theory for You!”) | ||
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| + | “If we really want theory to make a difference in people’s lives, how ought we to present it? Do | ||
| + | we think people come to consciousness by reading? Only by reading? Again, whom does our | ||
| + | theory making serve?” (Lugones and Spelman, “Have We Got a Theory for You!”) | ||
[[Category:Feminist theory]] | [[Category:Feminist theory]] | ||
Revision as of 02:33, 29 June 2006
Feminist Theory "The guiding set of beliefs and principles that become the basis for action" (hooks, feminist theory: from margin to center, 30)
FEMINIST THEORY- An examination of women’s positions in society, based on the belief that current positions are unequal and unjust, which also provides tactics and criteria for change. “Feminist theory - of all kinds - is to be based on, or anyway touch base with, the variety of real life stories women provide about themselves.” (Lugones and Spelman, “Have We Got a Theory for You!”)
“...But if say, an empirical theory is purported to be about ‘women’ and in fact is only about certain women, it is certainly false, probably ethnocentric, and of dubious usefulness except to those whose position in the world it strengthens (and theories, as we know, don’t have to be true in order to be used to strengthen people’s positions in the world).” (Lugones and Spelman, “Have We Got a Theory for You!”)
“If we really want theory to make a difference in people’s lives, how ought we to present it? Do we think people come to consciousness by reading? Only by reading? Again, whom does our theory making serve?” (Lugones and Spelman, “Have We Got a Theory for You!”)
