Module PHL2041 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL2041: Feminist Philosophy: Gender, Race and Class
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
This module aims to:
- Provide knowledge about philosophical theories of identity, difference and equality
- provide you with an understanding of thematic developments in feminist theory and practice
- engage you in current debates about discrimination and equality, biology and difference
- develop your skills in analysis, argument, discussion, and writing
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
|---|---|
| Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the theories and problems discussed in the module; 2. demonstrate a good level of understanding of the methodological and conceptual problems of critique. |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate a good level of understanding of the interrelation between theories, values, and political conditions; 4. demonstrate sound knowledge of different types of philosophical social and political analysis. |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. demonstrate the ability to conduct research independently and to discuss complex present-day issues; 6. demonstrate a high level of ability in writing reflective academic essays; 7. demonstrate the ability to present your own analyses of the implications theories have on the kinds of arguments which people put forth as convincing in political debates. |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic readings include the following sources:
- Angela Davis, Women Race and Class, 1981
- Judith Butler, Gender Trouble 1990
- Nancy Fraser, Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics (1996).
- Carol Gilligan: In A Different Voice (1982), Harvard University Press.
- Patricia Collins Hill and Sirma Bilge (2016),Intersectionality,
- Donna Haraway: Situated knowledges: The science question in feminism and the privilege of partial perspective (1988), Signs Vol. 14.
- bell hooks (1984) Feminist Theory from Margin to Center, South End Press
- Michael S. Kimmel (1998), Men Doing Feminism
- Mohanty, C., Russo, A. and Torres, L. (1991) Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press
- Uma Narayan and Sandra Harding (eds.): Decentering the Center: Philosophy for a Multicultural Postcolonial and Feminist World (2000), Indiana University Press.
