*APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy*

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*Call for Papers*

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*Due Date:  April 1, 2012*



*Globalizing Feminist Philosophy***





Colleges and universities around the world are intent on
“internationalization.” The term means many things to many people. For
some, it means attracting foreign students to national institutions or
setting up “agreements” between institutions across national lines. For
others, it means integrating a comparative, global perspective in the
curriculum and in scholarship, shifting focus from the national or
parochial to a broader framework that includes the local and the global.



Where is philosophy in this movement? As Linda Martin Alcoff has pointed
out (“Pluralism and Diversity as Intrinsic Philosophical Concerns”), many
philosophers believe that they are doing philosophy from a universal point
of view, and that, therefore, their results apply universally. Even if one
accepts this understanding of philosophy, feminist and other philosophers
argue that the methodology of philosophy, argumentation, requires that the
arguers be diverse. However, much of the attention to diversity or
pluralism in current discussions of the discipline of philosophy focuses on
categories, social and disciplinary, within Anglo-American and Continental
philosophy.



Should feminist philosophers expand the meaning of pluralism or diversity
in philosophy beyond these categories? That is, what would it mean to *
globalize* feminist philosophy, or philosophy generally, both in our
scholarship and in our teaching? Does it mean applying the concepts and
methods of Anglo-American and/or Continental philosophy to global issues?
Does it mean modifying methodology, and not just the issues addressed? Does
it mean including the philosophical traditions other than our own in our
scholarship and teaching? Are we educated to do this? Is globalizing
feminist philosophy possible, or desirable?

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*Papers on globalizing feminist philosophy are welcome. Submissions may
address scholarship, the discipline of academic philosophy, teaching,
institutional factors, or any other relevant issue. Syllabi of courses that
globalize feminist philosophy, with sufficient commentary, are also welcome.
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*Send email submissions to:*

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*Margaret A. Crouch*

*Editor, APA Newsletter on Feminism and Philosophy*

*Department of History and Philosophy*

*Eastern Michigan University*

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