Book Review "Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction" By Rosemarie Tong And Tina Fernandes Botts (Westview, 2018) -- By: Jamin Hübner

Journal: Priscilla Papers
Volume: PP 32:3 (Summer 2018)
Article: Book Review "Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction" By Rosemarie Tong And Tina Fernandes Botts (Westview, 2018)
Author: Jamin Hübner


Book Review
Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction
By Rosemarie Tong And Tina Fernandes Botts (Westview, 2018)

Jamin Hübner

Jamin Hübner is a graduate of Dordt College and Reformed Theological Seminary, and he holds the ThD from the University of South Africa. He teaches at John Witherspoon College in South Dakota’s Black Hills. He is well published and is a member of the Priscilla Papers Peer Review Team.

The terms “feminism” and “feminist” are thrown around quite a bit these days. But the referent is rarely obvious. For some, feminists are men and women who want generic equality between the sexes. For others, feminists are extreme political, female leftists who angrily propose laws to penalize a whole range of social inequalities—whether in public or private spheres. For still others, feminism is an academic ideology that is currently trendy, especially at universities, which may overlap with pro-LGBTQ and/or Neo-Marxist projects. The list could go on. At the very least, it is clear that feminists and feminism can be viewed positively, negatively, and everything in between, depending on context.

To help sort through the fog, Rosemarie Tong and Tina Fernandes Botts, both professors of philosophy, recently finished the fifth edition of a standard work on the subject, Feminist Thought. This edition involves some re-arrangement of content, slight revisions, and the addition of ch. 10, “Third-Wave and Queer Feminisms.” The book helped me to refine my thoughts on the topic and to better understand the diversity of feminist perspectives.1 The research, organization, and style of writing are clear and straightforward, resulting in an outstanding introduction to a remarkably sophisticated and complex subject.

For many readers, the table of contents will reveal this sophistication, as each of the ten chapters represents a different variety of feminism (as well as subsets):

1. Liberal Feminism

a. First-Wave

b. Second-Wave

c. Third-Wave

2. Radical Feminism

a. Radical Cultural

b. Radical Libertarian

3. Marxist and Socialist Feminism

4. Women-of-Color Feminism(s) in the United States

5. Women-of-Color Feminism(s) on the World Stage

a. Global

b. Postcolonial

c. Transnational

6. Psychoanalytic Feminism

a. Classical

b. Contemporary

c. French

7. Care-Focused

8. Ecofeminism

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