Yup, I've been talking about the "different jurisdictions, different conditions" thing all along (and was pleased to read your German example - I know very little about how it works in countries other than Canada and the US).
I don't consider "Marxist" to be part of the definition, nor even "collectivist-socialist" - that bit was more a reflection on how, and in what part of the zeitgeist of the times, radical feminism did much of its developing. The core of where I was going definitionally was the difference in approach - from my reading thus far, the question, "by what means can we best achieve our goals?" seems to be the main way in which "schools" of feminism split off from each other (first-wave example: the suffragists and those who focused on equality in educational opportunities [educationalists??]).
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Re: it's the social safety net ...
Date: 2008-04-19 07:14 pm (UTC)I don't consider "Marxist" to be part of the definition, nor even "collectivist-socialist" - that bit was more a reflection on how, and in what part of the zeitgeist of the times, radical feminism did much of its developing. The core of where I was going definitionally was the difference in approach - from my reading thus far, the question, "by what means can we best achieve our goals?" seems to be the main way in which "schools" of feminism split off from each other (first-wave example: the suffragists and those who focused on equality in educational opportunities [educationalists??]).