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Feministička kritika Hegelovog poimanja žene
The Feministic Critics of Hegel’s Understanding of Woman

Author(s): Milena Stefanović
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Epistemology, Social Philosophy, German Idealism
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: Feminism; Gender; Hegel; Simone De Beauvoir; Misogyny; Racism; Slavery; Spirit; Freedom; Biological Determinism;

Summary/Abstract: In this work the author explores the relation of feminist criticism to Hegel’s philosophy, and from a gender perspective interprets his views regarding women, which are the subject of numerous feminist discussions. The substantial concern lies in defining Hegel’s understanding of the relation between woman and nature. This is because the feminist criticism of Hegel’s philosophy, as being misogynous, racist and nationalistic, is based on the argument that Hegel was positioning women, as well as some races, within the topos of natural-unfree-animalistic. Also, the conceptual crux of this paper emphasizes Hegel’s explication of the infi nite right of the subject to their own beliefs, as an anticipatory potential of the modernity, set within the contemporary context of demands and emancipation struggles of different marginalized groups.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 221-231
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Serbian