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The Radical Future of Realism: Feminist Subversions of IR Theory

The Radical Future of Realism: Feminist Subversions of IR Theory Alkrnatiues I6 (29911, 67-106 The Radical Future of Realism: Feminist Subversions of IR Theory Anne Sisson Runyan and V. Spike Peterson“ Zillah Eisenstein, to whom we owe some credit for the title of this piece, argues in The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism that the patriarchal roots of liberalism and the state inhibit the claims and goals of liberal femi- nism, which depends upon these constructs even as it seeks to critique them. She goes on to make the case, however, that precisely because of this contradiction, liberal feminism has a “‘potentially’ subversive qual- ity,”l or “radical future,” as it seeks reforms and redress from the liberal state, which, ultimately, “cannot abide women’s actual equality with men.”* She concludes that Until feminists are aware of the state’s involvement in protecting patri- archy as a system of power, much in the same way as it protects capital- ism and racism as systems, feminists will be unable to see why a reform politics, though necessary, is insufficient. A feminist theory of the state is necessary to understand why this is SO.^ In this paper, we seek to review contemporary feminist critiques of not only the state, but also the interstate system http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Alternatives: Global, Local, Political SAGE

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© 1991 SAGE Publications
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Alkrnatiues I6 (29911, 67-106 The Radical Future of Realism: Feminist Subversions of IR Theory Anne Sisson Runyan and V. Spike Peterson“ Zillah Eisenstein, to whom we owe some credit for the title of this piece, argues in The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism that the patriarchal roots of liberalism and the state inhibit the claims and goals of liberal femi- nism, which depends upon these constructs even as it seeks to critique them. She goes on to make the case, however, that precisely because of this contradiction, liberal feminism has a “‘potentially’ subversive qual- ity,”l or “radical future,” as it seeks reforms and redress from the liberal state, which, ultimately, “cannot abide women’s actual equality with men.”* She concludes that Until feminists are aware of the state’s involvement in protecting patri- archy as a system of power, much in the same way as it protects capital- ism and racism as systems, feminists will be unable to see why a reform politics, though necessary, is insufficient. A feminist theory of the state is necessary to understand why this is SO.^ In this paper, we seek to review contemporary feminist critiques of not only the state, but also the interstate system

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Published: Jan 1, 1991

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