Module PHL3079 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL3079: 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: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate comprehensive and critical knowledge and understanding of the theories and problems discussed in the module; 2. demonstrate in-depth understanding of the methodological and conceptual problems of critique. |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. demonstrate a high 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 in political debates. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Developments in 20th Century and current Feminism
- Feminist Epistemology
- Sex and Gender
- Men Doing Feminism
- Theories of Difference
- Standpoint Theory
- Feminist Ethics
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled learning activity | 11 | 11 x 1 hour lectures |
Scheduled learning activity | 11 | 11 x 1 hour seminars |
Guided independent study | 55 | 11 x 5 hours weekly reading and working through assigned articles and books |
Guided independent study | 36 | Writing reading reports, preparing presentation |
Guided independent study | 37 | Independent research and writing of essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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.