PHIL 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lorde, Bell Hooks

• School: McGill University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 242
• Professor: Alice Zoe Everly

Document Summary

Alice every- lea 443 mondays 12:30-2:30 + by appointment alice. everly@mcgill. ca. Lea 110 on fridays- attendance taken by writing a question on the reading on a notecard. Essays (hardcopy, chicago style citations, use student number only: oct 7th 1000 words, nov 2nd 1000 words, 2 questions 700 words take home exam. Hard to define; course tries to define it. All 3 readings mention survival, come from marginalized perspectives within feminism. Feminism changes with the times; expands to include more people/nodes of oppression. Lorde- the master"s tools will never dismantle the master"s house. Autonomy/identity interdependency; we are defined by others to an extent. Difference productivity/creativity; new theories arise from inclusion; fusion. Exclusion is the tool of the patriarchy; feminism can never win if it uses this tool. Lugones/spelman (hispanic and white women); asymmetry of epistemic authority. Difficult to speak as one voice; class of women is complex, not 1 size fits all.