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Feminist Contentions: A Philosophical Exchange
Fraser, Nancy
Synopsis "Feminist Contentions: A Philosophical Exchange"
First published in 1995. This volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the United States. 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.
Es una de las exponentes más destacadas del feminismo y la teoría crítica actuales. Formada al calor de las luchas por los derechos civiles y contra la Guerra de Vietnam, encara de modo heterodoxo la filosofía y la política, disciplinas que enseña en la New School for Social Research neoyorquina. Desde esa perspectiva, integra a su investigación una relectura de una enorme biblioteca –que va de Gramsci a la primera generación de la escuela de Frankfurt, la deconstrucción, Bourdieu y Foucault– para proponer críticas a la desigualdad y la explotación que no se vuelvan funcionales al neoliberalismo imperante, sino que se afiancen en un bloque de lucha por la auténtica justicia económica y social. Docente y doctora Honoris Causa en los principales centros de Europa y América, es autora de influyentes libros como Feminismo para el 99%, Iustitia Interrupta y Escalas de justicia. Sus cursos actuales indagan textos de Karl Marx (Gründisse) o Walter Benjamin, además de la relación entre capitalismo, naturaleza y crítica.
