Typology of feminism

[altariel]

So, in undergraduate textbooks and so on, you tend to see feminism taught as being one of "three types": liberal feminism, socialist feminism, radical feminism. Does anyone have any idea where this typology came from? Rough date, origin(ator), etc.?

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Re: AHHH!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh, now you've found the perfect example for a philosopher who'd tried to explain himself a mystery that cannot be explained -and in the end, he had no other way out then declare God to be dead. Of course, the end result shows that it's Nietzsche who's been dead for what? Two hundred years by now? While God is still alive and kicking, thank you very much, but that's another matter entirely. *g*

Philosophy and theology are a bit like linguistics. They're all disciplines that try to understand their main topic by taking it apart with surgical precision. Unfortunately, when they're done, all they have is a mutilated carcass.

Either that, or I'm way too stupid to understand the awesomeness of the whole thing. But that's okay. The world needs us, simpler minds, too.

Re: AHHH!

[(Anonymous)]

Ah yes, God is dead-Nietzsche, Nietzsche is dead-God. At least he did not fail his cardinal test: thou shalt not lack chutzpah! ;-)

To the degree that he shed light on the (needed) death of a middle-class idol, more power to him. If he did so by claiming too much, it's not the first time and at least nobody died from his overreaching. And while I understand your objection to subjecting mystery to dissection, honestly, I get tired of "It's a mystery!" stopping analysis. We can do analysis and still have mystery; they are not exclusive when the mystery is supposed to be God, imo, or it's not God we're talking about anyway. In which case, I think there's probably some wisdom to saying "Let's kill the idol!"

My two cents as an agnostic.

Dwim

Re: AHHH!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I think it all depends on the question whether or not you have an analytical mind. Me, I don't and all that dissecting and analyzing always seemed fairly forced to me. I even used to laugh myself silly on literature lessons where we were supposed to analyze poems - I never managed to see the same things in them that the poet supposedly meant.

So, I don't have any problems with other people cut everything into tiny pieces to see how they work. It just never works for me. *shrug*

I think we shouldn't clutter altariel1's journal with this any longer. But if you want to discuss it further, you know where you find me. :)