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Book SynopsisHegel and Feminist Philosophy traces the legacy of Hegel in the work of thinkers such as de Beauvoir, Irigaray and Butler, and also in contemporary debates in feminist ethics and political philosophy. As Hutchings demonstrates, this is an ambivalent legacy.
Table of ContentsIntroduction.
Chapter One: Feminist Philosophy and the Way of Despair.
Introduction.
Thinking as a Feminist.
Feminist Re-thinkings of Reason and Truth.
Feminist Re-thinkings of Moral Agency and Judgement.
Feminist Re-Thinkings of Politics.
Conclusion.
Chapter Two: Philosophy as the Task of Comprehension.
Introduction.
Phenomenology and Science.
On Nature, History and Right.
Feminist Readings of Hegel.
Conclusion.
Chapter Three: Thinking the Second Sex.
Introduction.
Ambiguities.
How Has 'Woman' Come to Be?.
Thinking Being as Life; Existence as Spirit.
Conclusion.
Chapter Four: Re-thinking the Second Sex.
Introduction.
Antigone's Story.
Hegel's Antigone.
Towards a Hegelian Feminist Philosophy.
Conclusion.
Chapter Five: Hegel and Feminist Ethics.
Introduction.
Moral Identity and an Ethics of Difference.
Hegel, the 'Moral Point of View' and 'Ethical Life'.
Conclusion.
Chapter Six: Hegel and the Sexual Contract.
Introduction.
Modern Patriarchy.
Beyond the Sexual Contract.
Towards a Hegelian Feminist Ethical Theory.
Conclusion.
Conclusion.
Notes.
References
