PHIL-P 332 FEMINISM AND VALUE (3 CR.)
Selected topics from philosophical feminism. Topics may include gender and its relationship to sex; the relationship among sexism, feminism and sexuality; theories of the institutions through which sexist norms are perpetuated and reified and of the intersections and interactions amongst sexism, classism, racism and heterosexism. Focus is on philosophical frameworks underlying feminist theorizing.
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Spring 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 29166 | Closed | 2:20 p.m.–3:35 p.m. | TR | ED 1220 | Abramson K |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 29166: Total Seats: 23 / Available: 0 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL INTENSIVE WRITING SECTION
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class COLL Intensive Writing section
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Feminism, the old saying goes, is the radical notion that women are people, and should be treated like people. But what exactly does that mean? We'll spend a semester philosophically exploring this question, and its necessary concomitant, namely - what is it to fail to treat women as people, or to treat women as less than full persons or second-class persons? This class will focus on philosophical analyses of feminist questions in the second and third waves of feminism. This period begins roughly with Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex and extends to the present day. The class will be organized by topic, rather than historically. Our topics will include: the content, meaning and relationship between gender and/or sex; psychoanalytic and psychological analyses of sexism; the complicated relationship among sexism, feminism, and sexuality (including, but not limited to, issues of sexual orientation); and the intersections and interactions amongst sexism, heterosexism, classism and racism. A substantial portion of the seats in this class are reserved for majors and will be taught as a mid-to-upper-level philosophy course. Beginning December 30, if the course is not full, you are not a major, and you are already on the waiting list, you may request a meeting with the instructor to discuss whether your background and interests make it appropriate to grant an exemption to the reserve for majors.
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