Cultural Feminism versus Post-Structuralism: The Identity Crisis in Feminist Theory
Cultural Feminism versus Post-Structuralism: The Identity Crisis in Feminist Theory
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10.1086/494426
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1988-04
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L. Alcoff
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L. Alcoff
对于许多当代女权主义理论家来说，女性的概念是一个问题。这是一个具有首要意义的问题，因为女性概念是女权主义理论的核心概念，但对于女权主义者来说，这是一个不可能准确表述的概念。它是女权主义者的核心概念，因为女性的概念和范畴是任何女性主义理论和女性政治的必要出发点，因为这些都是基于女性在当代文化中的生存经验的转变，以及从女性角度对社会理论和实践的重新评价。但作为一个概念，它恰恰对女权主义者来说是一个根本的问题，因为它充斥着对男性至上的过度确定，在每一个提法中都援引了极限，对比他人，或调解建立在女性控制之上的文化的自我反思。在试图为女性代言时，女权主义似乎经常预设它知道女性真正是什么，但考虑到关于女性的所有知识来源，这样的假设是鲁莽的
For many contemporary feminist theorists, the concept of woman is a problem. It is a problem of primary significance because the concept of woman is the central concept for feminist theory and yet it is a concept that is impossible to formulate precisely for feminists. It is the central concept for feminists because the concept and category of woman is the necessary point of departure for any feminist theory and feminist politics, predicated as these are on the transformation of women's lived experience in contemporary culture and the reevaluation of social theory and practice from women's point of view. But as a concept it is radically problematic precisely for feminists because it is crowded with the overdeterminations of male supremacy, invoking in every formulation the limit, contrasting Other, or mediated self-reflection of a culture built on the control of females. In attempting to speak for women, feminism often seems to presuppose that it knows what women truly are, but such an assumption is foolhardy given that every source of knowledge about