Much contemporary feminist theory continues to see itself as freeing women from patriarchal oppression so that they may realize their own inner truth. To be told by postmodern thinkers such as Jacques Derrida that the very possibility of such a truth must be submitted to the process of deconstruction thus seems to present a serious challenge to the feminist project. From a postmodern perspective, on the other hand, most feminist discourse remains deeply rooted, if not in essentialism, at least in the logocentrism of traditional philosophical and political thought. Stepping beyond the usual confines of this debate, the eleven thinkers whose ideas are represented in this volume take a deeper look at Derrida's work to consider its specific strengths and weaknesses as a model for feminist theory and practice.Despite this common focal point, this collection is extremely diverse. The problems addressed include the status of the female subject, civil disobedience, and the AIDS epidemic; the subjects include Husserl's theory of signs, jealousy in Shakespeare's Othello, and Irigaray's concept of the divine; disciplines include cultural studies, literature, philosophy, political theory, religion, and the law as represented by major scholars in each field; and the opinions expressed range from strong criticism of Derrida's work to careful explorations of the avenues it creates for rethinking sexual difference.Included are an analytic introduction by Nancy J. Holland; important new essays by Elizabeth Grosz, Peggy Kamuf, Peg Birmingham, Kate Mehuron, Ellen Armour, and Dorothea Olkowski; ''Choreographies,'' Derrida's 1982 interview with Christie V. McDonald; Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak's ''Displacement and the Discourse of Women,'' published in the same year; and recent articles by Drucilla Cornell and Nancy Fraser.
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''Nancy Holland has taken Heidegger's central concept of appropriation and shown how it can provide a springboard to a new and promising approach to ethics. Her discussion is at once clear and creative and will appeal to both Continental thinkers and Anglo-American ethicists. Holland has removed Heidegger from the mystics and placed him in conversation with those for whom the questions of right and wrong are most urgent.'' --Todd May, Author of The Moral Theory of Poststructuralism
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Nancy J. Holland is Professor of Philosophy at Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Is Women's Philosophy Possible? (Rowman and Littlefield, 1990) and The Madwoman's Reason: The Concept of the Appropriate in Ethical Thought (Penn State, 1998).
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excellent collection, but . . .,
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This review is from: Feminist Interpretations of Jacques Derrida (Re-Reading the Canon) (Paperback)
This is an excellent collection of essays on Derrida's relevance for Feminist theory . . . ranging from an early piece by Spivak (1980) to articles published for the first time right here. It also includes Derrida's "Choreographies" interview, which is pretty essential reading for anyone interested in JD an feminism. As most of the contributers point out, Derrida's usefulness for feminist theory and politics has long been debated. But since this is the case, why didn't Holland include a few more negative appraisals? There are plenty of interesting CRITICAL interpretations of JD by feminists as well . . .
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