Politics without Human Nature? Reconstructing a Common Humanity
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Hypatia
- Vol. 9 (1) , 21-52
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1994.tb00108.x
Abstract
Political action requires a concept of humanity grounded in an explicit notion of human nature. Feminists apprehensive about poststructuralism's implications for a feminist politics need methods and discourses that allow feminist politics to proceed toward a vision of human well-being. Recent work by Chris Weedon and Erica Sherover-Marcuse highlights the need for hypotheses that can guide efforts to dismantle oppressed habits of being and help women evaluate and develop political strategies for universal solidarity.Keywords
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