A portrait of Simone de Beauvoir, known for her 1949 book The Second Sex, a major work of feminist philosophy. (Image courtesy of thierry ehrmann on flickr. License CC BY.)
A portrait of Simone de Beauvoir, known for her 1949 book The Second Sex, a major work of feminist philosophy. (Image courtesy of thierry ehrmann on flickr. License CC BY.)
Course Overview
WGS.301J/17.007J/24.237J/17.006 Feminist Thought (MIT)
Provider: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Description: In this course we will examine the development of feminist theory over time. Some subjects we will examine in detail include suffrage and equality; radical feminism; psychoanalysis and feminism; theories of power; sexuality and gender; embodied knowledge; pornography; identities and global feminism; militarism; and the welfare state. Throughout the course we will analyze different ways of looking at power and political culture in modern societies, issues of race and class, poverty and welfare, sexuality and morality.
Description: In this course we will examine the development of feminist theory over time. Some subjects we will examine in detail include suffrage and equality; radical feminism; psychoanalysis and feminism; theories of power; sexuality and gender; embodied knowledge; pornography; identities and global feminism; militarism; and the welfare state. Throughout the course we will analyze different ways of looking at power and political culture in modern societies, issues of race and class, poverty and welfare, sexuality and morality.
This course analyzes theories of gender and politics, especially ideologies of gender and their construction. Also discussed are definitions of public and private spheres, gender issues in citizenship, the development of the welfare state, experiences of war and revolution, class formation, and the politics of sexuality.
Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.
Author: Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
Date Published: 2015-07-10T12:36:54.187625
Categories:
All/Humanities/History/Topical/Gender
All/Humanities/Philosophy
All/Humanities/Women and Gender Studies
Languages: English
Graduate students are expected to pursue the subject in greater depth through reading and individual research.
Author: Prof. Elizabeth A. Wood
Date Published: 2015-07-10T12:36:54.187625
Categories:
All/Humanities/History/Topical/Gender
All/Humanities/Philosophy
All/Humanities/Women and Gender Studies
Languages: English
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