PHL 3030 - Feminist Philosophy (3)

When Offered: Spring
GEN ED: Integrative Learning Experience (Theme: “Revolutions: Social and Political”)
This course examines conceptual and normative issues in contemporary feminist theory. Issues to be discussed include power and the production of knowledge, resistance, violence against women, sex and gender, the interrelatedness of gender, race, class, and sexuality, body image, the personal as political, and the relation between feminist theory and activism. The class also considers western and non-western feminist discussion of these themes. The goal is for each student to gain an appreciation of the diversity and complexity of feminist thought, as well as insight concerning the relation between women’s experiences and feminist theorizing.