After The speculative Turn Realism, Philosophy, And Feminism [Paperback]

Recent forms of realism in continental philosophy that are habitually subsumed under the category of speculative realism, a denomination referring to rather heterogeneous strands of philosophy, bringing together object-oriented ontology (OOO), non-standard philosophy (or non-philosophy), the speculative realist ideas of Quentin Meillassoux and Marxism, have provided grounds for the much needed critique of culturalism in gender theory, and the authority with which post-structuralism has dominated feminist theory for decades. This publication aims to bring forth some of the feminist debates prompted by the so-called speculative turn, while demonstrating that there has never been a niche of speculative realist feminism. Whereas most of the contributions featured in this collection provide a theoretical approach invoking the necessity of foregrounding new forms of realism for a feminism beyond gender as culture, some of the essays tackle OOO only to invite a feminist critical challenge to its paradigm, while others refer to some extent to non-philosophy or the new materialisms but are not reducible to either of the two. We have invited essays from intellectual milieus outside the Anglo-Saxon academic center, bringing together authors from Serbia, Slovenia, France, Ireland, the UK, and Canada, aiming to promote feminist internationalism (rather than a generous act of cultural inclusion). CONTENTS Katerina Kolozova  Preface: After the Speculative Turn Nina Power  Philosophy, Sexism, Emotion, Rationalism Katherine Behar  The Other Woman Anne-Fran?oise Schmid  Liberer epistemologiquement le feminisme Patricia Ticineto Clough  Notes for And They Were Dancing Joan Copjec  No: Foucault Jelisaveta Blagojevic  Thinking WithOut Marina Grzinic  Rearticulating the Speculative Turn Frenchy Lunning  The Crush: The Firey Allure of the Jolted Puppet Nandita Biswas Mellamphy  (W)omen out/of Time: Metis, Medea, Mahakali ló¿