Continental Philosophy in Feminist Perspective: Re-Reading the Canon in German

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Helene Cixous’s complaint about the unavailability of French feminist writing in English has long been rectified, but the situation for feminist writing by German-speaking philosophers is still the same. This collection of essays seeks to overcome this handicap, and reveal the richness and variety of feminist critique ongoing in this linguistic community. The essays offer readings of thinkers from the Enlightenment to the present, including those often discussed by feminists elsewhere - such as Freud, Habermas, Hegel, Kant and Rousseau - as well as some less subject to feminist critique such as Benjamin and Weininger. In their introduction, the editors provide the context for understanding both how these essays fit into the larger picture of developing feminist theory and what makes their contribution in some ways distinctive.