ISBN:
0203007786
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (196 p.)
Serie:
Routledge Studies in Critical Realism v.No. 12
DDC:
306.701
Schlagwort(e):
Poststructuralism
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Sex Philosophy
Kurzfassung:
Poststructuralism, particularly through the writings of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler, has achieved remarkable success in challenging our belief in natural sex categories and instincts. Here, Carrie Hull endorses the progressive ideals of poststructuralism while demonstrating the superiority of a realist account of sex and sexuality. Embracing biological and cultural variability, Hull nonetheless shows that the sexed body is naturally structured and deeply meaningful.Poststructuralist philosophers have argued that biological sex is a continuum rather than a binary, and tha
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Front Cover; The Ontology of Sex; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1.Introduction; 2.The quest for certainty; Greek rationalism; The Scientific Revolution; The rise and fall of positivism; 3. Twentieth-century nominalism, relativism and behaviorism:Goodman, Quine, and Foucault; Nelson Goodman; W.V.O. Quine; Michel Foucault; 4.Poststructuralist and constructivist feminism; Relativism by any other name; Nominalist feminism; Behaviorist agency; 5.Contemporary realism's challenge to nominalism; Causal structures; Correlation and causation; Explaining exceptions
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
6.Structure and the evolution of sexual form and meaningPhenomenal relations; The evolution of meaning; Sense and language; 7.Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203007785
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