PHIL 250 - Feminist Theory

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)

(Same as WFQS 250) This course explores the relationship between Feminist Theory and history in two ways. First, we trace one possible historical narrative of Feminist Theory by engaging selected texts from diverse perspectives that address the themes of identity and subject formation. Then, we address the question of history itself: What have feminist thinkers had to say about history and what kinds of histories have they, in turn, generated? In what different ways have feminist theorists engaged history and its prominent figures, schools of thought, etc., and in so doing, both built upon and troubled their theoretical inheritances? How are those who work and write in feminist discourses often excluded in/by dominant histories, and how have/do they resist and revolt against that exclusion? In exploring these questions, we attend to the ways in which not only sex and gender, but also race, class, and sexuality play a pivotal role in feminist theories. Rachel Silverbloom.

Prerequisite(s): One unit of Philosophy or Women’s Studies.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS