Enlightened Women: Modernist Feminism in a Postmodern Age

by Alison Assiter

Book Overview

This is a bold and controversial feminist, philosophical critique of postmodernism. Whilst providing a brief and accessible introduction to postmodernist feminist thought, Enlightened Women is also a unique defence of realism and enlightenment philosophy.
The first half of the book covers an analysis of some of the most influential postmodernist theorists, such as Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler. In the second...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415083397
• ISBN13: 9780415083393
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.2"