Feminist Thought : A More Comprehensive Introduction.

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Diversity of Feminist Thinking -- 1 Liberal Feminism -- Conceptual Roots -- Before the "First Wave": Equal Education -- "First Wave" Liberal Feminism: Equal Liberty and the Suffrage -- "Second Wave" Liberal Feminism: Equal Rights -- Toward "Third-Wave" Liberal Feminism: Sameness Versus Difference and Egalitarianism -- "Third-Wave" Liberal Feminism: Intersectionality -- Critiques of Liberal Feminism -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 2 Radical Feminism -- Radical-Libertarian Feminism in General -- Radical-Cultural Feminism in General -- Controversies Between Radical-Libertarian and Radical-Cultural Feminists -- Critiques of Radical Feminism -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 3 Marxist and Socialist Feminisms -- Some Traditional Marxist Concepts and Theories -- Classical Marxist Feminism: General Reflections -- Contemporary Socialist Feminism: General Reflections -- Contemporary Women's Labor Issues -- Critiques of Marxist and Socialist Feminisms -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 4 Women-of-Color Feminism(s) in the United States -- Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the "First Wave" -- Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the "Second Wave" -- Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the "Third Wave" -- Distinct Women-of-Color Feminism(s) -- Critiques of Women-of-Color Feminism(s) in the United States -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 5 Women-of-Color Feminism(s) on the World Stage: Global, Postcolonial, and Transnational Feminisms -- Global Feminism in General -- Postcolonial Feminism in General -- Transnational Feminism in General -- Critiques of Global, Postcolonial, and Transnational Feminisms -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 6 Psychoanalytic Feminism.

Classical Psychoanalytic Thought: Focus on Sigmund Freud -- Anglo-American Critiques and Appropriations of Freud: Focus on Dorothy Dinnerstein, Nancy Chodorow, and Juliet Mitchell -- Contemporary Psychoanalytic Thought: Focus on Jacques Lacan -- Critique of Jacques Lacan -- "French" Psychoanalytic Feminism: Focus on Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva -- Critiques of Freudian, Lacanian, and Psychoanalytic Feminist Thought -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 7 Care-Focused Feminism -- The Roots of Care-Focused Feminism -- Critiques of Care-Focused Feminism -- The Roots of Maternal Ethics -- Critiques of Maternal Ethics -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 8 Ecofeminism -- Some Roots of Ecofeminism -- Early Conceptions of Ecofeminism -- Women, Nature, and Culture: Some Tensions -- Nature Ecofeminism -- Spiritual Ecofeminism -- Transformative Ecofeminism -- Global Ecofeminism -- Vegetarian Ecofeminism -- Environmental Ecofeminism -- Critiques of Ecofeminism -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 9 Existentialist, Poststructural, and Postmodern Feminisms -- Existentialism: Focus on Jean-Paul Sartre -- Existentialist Feminism: Focus on Simone de Beauvoir -- Critiques of Existentialist Feminism -- Poststructuralism: Focus on Michel Foucault -- Poststructural Feminism: Focus on Judith Butler -- Critiques of Poststructural Feminism -- Postmodernism: Focus on Jacques Derrida -- Postmodern Feminism: Focus on Hélène Cixous -- Critiques of Postmodern Feminism -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- 10 Third-Wave and Queer Feminisms -- Third-Wave Feminism -- Critiques of Third-Wave Feminism -- Feminist Queer Theory -- Critiques of Feminist Queer Theory -- Conclusion -- Questions for Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A classic resource on feminist theory, Feminist Thought offers a clear, comprehensive, and incisive introduction to the major traditions of feminist theory, from liberal feminism, radical feminism, and Marxist and socialist feminism to care-focused feminism, psychoanalytic feminism, and ecofeminism.

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