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From: grendhal-AT-raggedclaws.com
Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 20:09:18 -0600
Subject: Re: BHA: Feminist Economics, March 2003


> March 2003 issue of the journal has 6 articles on Critical Realism, 
> including 2 by the CR economist Tony Lawson ("Theorizing Ontology", 
> "Ontology and Feminist Theorizing").

Here's a bit more detail for those who are interested:

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Peter, Fabienne.
Critical Realism, Feminist Epistemology, and the Emancipatory Potential of Science: A Comment on Lawson and Harding. 
Feminist Economics 9.1 (March 2003): 93-101.
  	
Abstract:
In a recent contribution to this Journal, Tony Lawson (1999) claims that the methodological framework of critical realism fits the "explanatory and emancipatory projects" of feminist economics. This essay challenges his claim on the basis that a "naive" notion of science underlies critical realism. It argues that for feminist economists, a rethinking of traditional notions of scientific inquiry is just as important as the rethinking of methodology, and that one cannot be done without the other.

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Barker Drucilla K.
Emancipatory for Whom? A Comment on Critical Realism.
Feminist Economics 9.1 (March 2003): 103-108.

Abstract:
Tony Lawson (1999) argues that critical realism will facilitate revelatory and emancipatory projects in feminist economics. The strength of Lawson's argument lies in its rejection of social atomism and methodological individualism. Societies are best understood as structurally connected systems rather than as atomistic aggregates. Its weakness lies in its reliance on a humanist conception of human agency, a conception that is increasingly questioned by some feminists.

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Nelson, Julie A.
Once More, with Feeling: Feminist Economics and the Ontological Question.
Feminist Economics 9.1 (March 2003): 109-118.

Abstract:
Is it worthwhile for feminist economists to delve into questions about the nature of reality? This essay argues that "feeling" is an aspect of reality that is neglected by both standard and critical-realist approaches to ontology. The author contends that a "process" approach to characterizing the nature of reality is more appropriate and that this approach demarginalizes feminist concerns with emancipation and care.

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Lawson, Tony.
Ontology and Feminist Theorizing.
Feminist Economics 9.1 (March 2003): 119-150.

Abstract:
In an earlier paper in Feminist Economics (Tony Lawson 1999), I suggested that there are likely significant benefits to feminist theorizing from adopting an explicit and sustained concern with ontology. I suggested this in the context of observing that theorizing of an explicitly ontological or realist nature is often downplayed and frequently actively discouraged in feminist writing. Several authors have since commented on my earlier paper, indicating points both of agreement and disagreement. In this essay I 
respond to some of the more critical comments and attempt to clarify my position in the light of them.

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Harding, Sandra.
Representing Reality: The Critical Realism Project.
Feminist Economics 9.1 (March 2003): 151-159.

Abstract:
Is there only one basic structure of reality? Can anyone produce culture-free representations of reality? Is the partiality of our representations only a problem or inconvenience rather than also an epistemic resource? Should we think of the goal of sciences as the production of accurate representations of reality or of effective interaction with it? This essay focuses on differences in how Tony Lawson and I would respond to such questions.

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Lawson, Tony.
Theorizing Ontology.
Feminist Economics 9.1 (March 2003): 161-169.

Abstract:
Sandra Harding identifies a set of questions to which, she suggests, she and I would provide contrasting answers. In this short note I wonder if our differences are quite as sharp as Harding supposes.

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Source: 
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/app/home/issue.asp?wasp=n0glvhqytrh6kdhu
kgur&referrer=parent&backto=journal,1,19;linkingpublicationresults,1,1



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