Having said that... Standpoint theory, for example, isn't postmodernist. It's Marxist originally. Lukacs-->Hartsock. Actually, Twitter is hopeless for this sort of thing, so I'll shut up! 


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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
Standpoint theory appears most strongly right now in feminist epistemology from the likes of Dotson and Fricker and is rooted in critical race theory and intersectionality which are figured (by Crenshaw) as linking contemporary politics with postmodern theory.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
This really isn't the place for this conversation, but somebody like Harding, for example, explicitly contrasts standpoint theory and feminist postmodernism. Fricker explicitly rejects what she calls reductivist approaches...
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @HPluckrose
and she sees standpoint theory as being Marxist. This is what she told me: "The idea we structure the world, but that that "we" is not unified and equal... is originally a Marxist, rather than postmodern, idea. In feminism, standpoint theory has taken this basic template...)
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @HPluckrose
Standpoint theory is absolutely rooted in Marxism. I'm happy to scan in relevant pages from Hartsock book on the matter. It's clear.
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Replying to @MacDworkin @HPluckrose
Yes, that's what I was saying. It's not postmodern, it's saying that a woman's standpoint = epidemiological advantage allowing them to discern real relations/structures.
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp @MacDworkin
It really isn't the issue if standpoint theory originated with postmodernism. Clearly, it predates both PoMo and Marxism and goes back at least to Hegel. This is the epistemology used in intersectional feminism tho which is where I said it is seen most strongly.
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Right now, that is. Positionality determining knowledge. I could be wrong and perhaps the Marxists are still using it as much but we don't hear much from them right now. I am talking abt postcolonial theory, queer theory, intersectionality & critical race theory.
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This really is what critics of 'postmodernism' are criticising which is what my list is. There can certainly be disagreements abt whether 'postmodernism' is a useful term for this and the intellectual history of those ideas which predate postmodernism but these are the criticisms
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People really are criticising ideas of diversity & inclusion & 'identity politics' which are based on the idea that each group has its own unique perspective & knowledge & we need to stay in our lanes which go under the umbrella of 'intersectionality' which is defined as ...
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'linking politics with postmodern theory.' This can be an accurate representation of what people are criticising as 'postmodernism' (even if you don't think they should call it that) AND it can be true to say that Standpoint Theory appeared first in Marxism.
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