Ahmed, Sara. 1996. Beyond Humanism and Postmodernism: Theorizing a Feminist Practice. Hypatia: Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 11(2), pp. 71-93. [Article]

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The model of feminism as humanist in practice and postmodern in theory is inadequate. Feminist practice and theory directly inform each other to displace both humanist and postmodern conceptions of the subject. An examination of feminism's use of rights discourse suggests that feminist practice questions the humanist conception’ of the subject as a self-identity. Likewise, feminist theory undermines the postmodern emphasis on the constitutive instability and indeterminacy of the subject.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1996.tb00665.x
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Media, Communications and Cultural Studies
Dates:	Date Event 1996 Published
Item ID:	13924
Date Deposited:	06 Oct 2015 11:56
Last Modified:	22 Apr 2016 16:39
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/13924

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