Katerina Kolozova
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231166102
- eISBN:
- 9780231536431
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231166102.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology
This book reclaims the relevance of categories traditionally rendered “unthinkable” by postmodern feminist philosophies, such as “the real,” “the one,” “the limit,” and “finality,” thus critically ...
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This book reclaims the relevance of categories traditionally rendered “unthinkable” by postmodern feminist philosophies, such as “the real,” “the one,” “the limit,” and “finality,” thus critically repositioning poststructuralist feminist philosophy and gender/queer studies. It follows François Laruelle's nonstandard philosophy and the work of Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, Luce Irigaray, and Rosi Braidotti. It argues that poststructuralist (feminist) theory sees the subject as a purely linguistic category, as multiple, nonfixed, and fluctuating, as something for limitless discursivity and as constitutively detached from the instance of the real. It goes on to argue that this re-conceptualization is based on the exclusion of and dichotomous opposition to notions of the real, the one (unity and continuity) and the stable. It makes the case that the non-philosophical reading of postructuralist philosophy engenders new forms of universalisms for global debate and action, and that these can be expressed in a language the world can understand. It also liberates theory from ideological paralysis, recasting the real as an immediately experienced human condition determined by gender, race, and social and economic circumstances.Less
This book reclaims the relevance of categories traditionally rendered “unthinkable” by postmodern feminist philosophies, such as “the real,” “the one,” “the limit,” and “finality,” thus critically repositioning poststructuralist feminist philosophy and gender/queer studies. It follows François Laruelle's nonstandard philosophy and the work of Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, Luce Irigaray, and Rosi Braidotti. It argues that poststructuralist (feminist) theory sees the subject as a purely linguistic category, as multiple, nonfixed, and fluctuating, as something for limitless discursivity and as constitutively detached from the instance of the real. It goes on to argue that this re-conceptualization is based on the exclusion of and dichotomous opposition to notions of the real, the one (unity and continuity) and the stable. It makes the case that the non-philosophical reading of postructuralist philosophy engenders new forms of universalisms for global debate and action, and that these can be expressed in a language the world can understand. It also liberates theory from ideological paralysis, recasting the real as an immediately experienced human condition determined by gender, race, and social and economic circumstances.
Drucilla Cornell
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814737071
- eISBN:
- 9780814745434
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814737071.003.0008
- Subject:
- Law, Legal History
This chapter presents an interview with Drucilla Cornell, a Professor of Political Science, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and National Research Foundation ...
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This chapter presents an interview with Drucilla Cornell, a Professor of Political Science, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and National Research Foundation Professor in Customary Law, Indigenous Ideals, and the Dignity Jurisprudence at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Professor Cornell is a leading postmodern and feminist theorist who has made major contributions to modern legal theory. She played a key role in introducing prominent Continental theorists, particularly Jacques Derrida, to the American academy. Topics covered during the interview include her undergraduate training in philosophy and math; her experiences at UCLA School of Law; her views about deconstruction; her thoughts about Rawls' development from A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism?; and the differences between her views and those of MacKinnon, especially regarding the issue of prostitution.Less
This chapter presents an interview with Drucilla Cornell, a Professor of Political Science, Women's Studies, and Comparative Literature at Rutgers University and National Research Foundation Professor in Customary Law, Indigenous Ideals, and the Dignity Jurisprudence at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Professor Cornell is a leading postmodern and feminist theorist who has made major contributions to modern legal theory. She played a key role in introducing prominent Continental theorists, particularly Jacques Derrida, to the American academy. Topics covered during the interview include her undergraduate training in philosophy and math; her experiences at UCLA School of Law; her views about deconstruction; her thoughts about Rawls' development from A Theory of Justice to Political Liberalism?; and the differences between her views and those of MacKinnon, especially regarding the issue of prostitution.
