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The Logic of the Development of Feminism; or, Is MacKinnon to Feminism as Parmenides Is to Greek Philosophy?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Susan E. Bernick
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Abstract

Catharine MacKinnon's investigation of the role of sexuality in the subordination of women is a logical culmination of radical feminist thought. If this is correct, the position of her work relative to radical feminism is analogous to the place Parmenides's work occupied in ancient Greek philosophy. Critics of MacKinnon's work have missed their target completely and must engage her work in a different way if feminist theory is to progress past its current stalemated malaise.

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Research Article
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Hypatia , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , Winter 1992 , pp. 1 - 15
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Copyright © 1992 by Hypatia, Inc.

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