Hypatia articles from January 2000

Hypatia archives from January 2000

The politics of sex and gender: Benhabib and Butler debate subjectivity.
January 1, 2000... This paper responds to the sense of "crisis" or "trouble" that dominates contemporary feminist debate about the categories of sex and gender. It argues that this perception of crisis has emerged from a fundamental confusion of theoretical and...

Loving paradoxes: a feminist reclamation of the Goddess Kali.
January 1, 2000... The feminist significance of the Goddess Kali lies in an indigenous worshipful attitude of "Kali-bhakti" rather than in the mere image of the Goddess. The peculiar mother-child motif at the core of the poet Ramprasad Sen's Kali-bhakti...

Contesting patrilineal descent in political theory: James Mill and nineteenth-century feminism.
January 1, 2000... Liberal philosopher James Mill has been understood as being unambiguously antifeminist. However, Terence Ball, supposedly informed by a feminist perspective, has argued for a new interpretation. Ball has reconceptualized Mill as a feminist and...

Reflections on feminist Merleau-Ponty skepticism.(COMMENT/REPLY)
January 1, 2000... Shannon Sullivan's critique of Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception is based on the argument that, due to his concept of the "anonymous body," his theory of intersubjectivity omits the particularities of bodies, such as gender. I argue...

Feminism and phenomenology: a reply to Silvia Stoller.(COMMENT/REPLY)
January 1, 2000... Responding to Silvia Stoller's comments on "Domination and Dialogue in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception" (Sullivan 1997), I argue that while phenomenology has much to offer feminism, feminists should be wary of Merleau-Ponty's notion...

Rethinking Feminist Ethics.
January 1, 2000... Rethinking Feminist Ethics. By DARYL KOEHN. New York: Routledge, 1998. THE GOOD Rethinking Feminist Ethics by Daryl Koehn is a thought-provoking entry into the field of feminist ethics. Koehn summarizes caring, empathy, and trust...

Reconfiguring gender with John Dewey: habit, bodies, and cultural change.
January 1, 2000... This paper demonstrates how John Dewey's notion of habit can help us understand gender as a constitutive structure of bodily existence. Bringing Dewey's pragmatism in conjunction with Judith Butler's concept of performativity, I provide an...

Foucault, rape, and the construction of the feminine body.
January 1, 2000... In 1977, Michel Foucault suggested that legal approaches to rape define it as merely an act of violence, not of sexuality, and therefore not distinct from other types of assaults. I argue that rape can not be considered merely an act of...

The style of the speaking subject: Irigaray's empirical studies of language production.
January 1, 2000... I argue that Irigaray's linguistic research is not merely supplementary to her theoretical writing, but, in its depiction of sexed linguistic "styles," illuminates Irigaray's call for a new syntax. I show the effect of this research on her...

Reading Irigaray, dancing.
January 1, 2000... My essay incorporates Irigaray's notion of the sensible transcendental, a dynamic attempt to reconstitute the body/mind dualism which founds Western thought, into a reading of the practice of European concert dance. I contend that Irigaray's...

Feminism and Phenomenology: A Reply to Silvia Stoller.
January 1, 2000... Responding to Silvia Stoller's comments on "Domination and Dialogue in Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception" (Sullivan 1997), I argue that while phenomenology has much to offer feminism, feminists should be wary of Merleau-Ponty's notion...

Preface.
January 1, 2000... Beginning with this issue, members of all divisions of the Society for Women in Philosophy, including Canadian SWIP and Australian SWIP, and members of the International Association of Women Philosophers (IAPh) can subscribe to Hypatia for an...

The Politics of Sex and Gender: Benhabib and Butler Debate Subjectivity.
January 1, 2000... This paper responds to the sense of "crisis" or "trouble" that dominates contemporary feminist debate about the categories of sex and gender. It argues that this perception of crisis has emerged from a fundamental confusion of theoretical and...

Reconfiguring Gender with John Dewey: Habit, Bodies, and Cultural Change.
January 1, 2000... This paper demonstrates how John Dewey's notion of habit can help us understand gender as a constitutive structure of bodily existence. Bringing Dewey's pragmatism in conjunction with Judith Butler's concept of performativity, I provide an...

Foucault, Rape, and the Construction of the Feminine Body.
January 1, 2000... In 1977, Michel Foucault suggested that legal approaches to rape define it as merely an act of violence, not of sexuality, and therefore not distinct from other types of assaults. I argue that rape can not be considered merely an act of...

The Style of the Speaking Subject: Irigaray's Empirical Studies of Language Production.
January 1, 2000... I argue that Irigaray's linguistic research is not merely supplementary to her theoretical writing, but, in its depiction of sexed linguistic "styles," illuminates Irigaray's call for a new syntax. I show the effect of this research on her...

Reading Irigaray, Dancing.
January 1, 2000... My essay incorporates Irigaray's notion of the sensible transcendental, a dynamic attempt to reconstitute the body/mind dualism which founds Western thought, into a reading of the practice of European concert dance. I contend that Irigaray's...

Loving Paradoxes: A Feminist Reclamation of the Goddess Kali.
January 1, 2000... The feminist significance of the Goddess Kali lies in an indigenous worshipful attitude of "Kali-bhakti" rather than in the mere image of the Goddess. The peculiar mother-child motif at the core of the poet Ramprasad Sen's Kali-bhakti...

Contesting Patrilineal Descent in Political Theory: James Mill and Nineteenth-Century Feminism.
January 1, 2000... Liberal philosopher James Mill has been understood as being unambiguously antifeminist. However, Terence Ball, supposedly informed by a feminist perspective, has argued for a new interpretation. Ball has reconceptualized Mill as a feminist and...

Reflections on Feminist Merleau-Ponty Skepticism.
January 1, 2000... Shannon Sullivan's critique of Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception is based on the argument that, due to his concept of the "anonymous body," his theory of intersubjectivity omits the particularities of bodies, such as gender. I argue...

Rethinking Feminist Ethics.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Rethinking Feminist Ethics. By DARYL KOEHN. New York: Routledge, 1998. THE GOOD Rethinking Feminist Ethics by Daryl Koehn is a thought-provoking entry into the field of feminist ethics. Koehn summarizes caring, empathy, and trust...