Since the establishment of our system of Thematic Editors about two years ago, the journal has greatly benefited from their contribution in initial peer review of manuscripts, in recommending worthy research results a...Since the establishment of our system of Thematic Editors about two years ago, the journal has greatly benefited from their contribution in initial peer review of manuscripts, in recommending worthy research results and in helping the overall system of running this journal. With this issue we feel proud to add our fourth Thematic Editor to this honor roll, Dr. Judith Chow, Nazir and Mary Ansari Chair Research Professor in Entrepreneurialism and Science in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences at the Desert Research Institute in USA, who has over 30 years of experience in atmospheric, air quality, and environmental health research and education.展开更多
The content of current third-wave feminism differs significantly from that of previous feminist movements,which sought equal human and civil rights for women.In third-wave feminism,gender is primarily understood as a ...The content of current third-wave feminism differs significantly from that of previous feminist movements,which sought equal human and civil rights for women.In third-wave feminism,gender is primarily understood as a social category that is linguistically constructed.The now classic work Gender Trouble(1990)by philosopher Judith Butler is decisive for this“linguistic turn”in the social sciences.However,Butler’s work is systematically based on two philosophical traditions that are already highly controversial in themselves:sophism and existentialism,linked to a pre-modern magical worldview.The following essay is a critique of these lines of tradition,followed by the question of the extent to which they can serve citizens of an enlightened society in naming and constructively addressing actual social grievances.展开更多
文摘Since the establishment of our system of Thematic Editors about two years ago, the journal has greatly benefited from their contribution in initial peer review of manuscripts, in recommending worthy research results and in helping the overall system of running this journal. With this issue we feel proud to add our fourth Thematic Editor to this honor roll, Dr. Judith Chow, Nazir and Mary Ansari Chair Research Professor in Entrepreneurialism and Science in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences at the Desert Research Institute in USA, who has over 30 years of experience in atmospheric, air quality, and environmental health research and education.
文摘The content of current third-wave feminism differs significantly from that of previous feminist movements,which sought equal human and civil rights for women.In third-wave feminism,gender is primarily understood as a social category that is linguistically constructed.The now classic work Gender Trouble(1990)by philosopher Judith Butler is decisive for this“linguistic turn”in the social sciences.However,Butler’s work is systematically based on two philosophical traditions that are already highly controversial in themselves:sophism and existentialism,linked to a pre-modern magical worldview.The following essay is a critique of these lines of tradition,followed by the question of the extent to which they can serve citizens of an enlightened society in naming and constructively addressing actual social grievances.
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