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Feminism, Ideology, and Deconstruction: A Pragmatist View

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Richard Rorty
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Abstract

Neither philosophy in general, nor deconstruction in particular, should be thought of as a pioneering, path-breaking, tool for feminist politics. Recent philosophy, including Derrida's, helps us see practices and ideas (including patriarchal practices and ideas) as neither natural nor inevitable—but that is all it does. When philosophy has finished showing that everything is a social construct, it does not help us decide which social constructs to retain and which to replace.

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Research Article
Information
Hypatia , Volume 8 , Issue 2: Special Issue: Feminism and Pragmatism , Spring 1993 , pp. 96 - 103
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Copyright © 1993 by Hypatia, Inc.

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