Political Theory and Feminist Social Criticism

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by Brooke A. Ackerly

Cambridge University Press

Due/Published February 2000, 260 pages, paper

ISBN 0521659841

Drawing on theoretical insights from Third World women's activism, A Feminist Theory of Social Criticism develops democratic theory as a critical theory relevant to dealing with real world inequalities. Ackerly examines the methods by which real world feminist activists have criticized society, and argues that their activities show how feminist theory can move beyond its theoretical impasse toward articulating social criticism with critical teeth.

Contents

1. Silent voices and everyday critics: problems in political theory, solutions from Third World feminist social criticism
2. Why do we need a Third World feminist theory of social criticism?
3. Method: skeptical scrutiny, guiding criteria, and deliberative inquiry in concert
4. Roles: social criticism and self-criticism
5. Qualifications: everyday critics, multi-sited critics, and multiple critics
6. Third World feminist social criticism as feminist democratic theory