Susan Hekman 
The Future of Differences 
Truth and Method in Feminist Theory

This key work addresses one of the most central and controversial issues in contemporary feminist theory: the problem of difference.
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Table of Content

1. The Problem of Difference.

The Other.

From erasure to emphasis.

From difference to differences.

The future of differences.

2. From Difference to Differences: The Case of Feminist
Standpoint Theory.

Defining the feminist standpoint.

The challenge of difference: redefining the feminist
standpoint.

Toward a new paradigm.

3. A Method for Differences.

Feminism, method and difference.

Weber’s ideal type.

Feminist ideal types.

Conclusion.

4. The Epistemology of Moral Voice: Displacing Hegemony in
Moral/Legal Discourse. .

Different moral voices. Different legal voices.

A new legal game.

An alternative moral epistemology: multiple voices.

5. Backgrounds and Riverbeds: Feminist Reflections.

Theories of the Background.

Subverting the Background.

Shifting the riverbed.

Conclusion.

Notes.

References.

Index.

About the author

Susan Hekman is Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington.