Lugones, María. Playfulness, “World”-Travelling, and Loving Perception
1987, Hypatia 2(2): 3-19
Added by: Jimena Clavel
Abstract:
A paper about cross-cultural and cross-racial loving that emphasizes the need to understand and affirm the plurality in and among women as central to feminist ontology and epistemology. Love is seen not as fusion and erasure of difference but as incompatible with them. Love reveals plurality. Unity -not to be confused with solidarity - is understood as conceptually tied to domination.
A paper about cross-cultural and cross-racial loving that emphasizes the need to understand and affirm the plurality in and among women as central to feminist ontology and epistemology. Love is seen not as fusion and erasure of difference but as incompatible with them. Love reveals plurality. Unity -not to be confused with solidarity - is understood as conceptually tied to domination.
Comment: This paper discusses the epistemic position of marginalized identities. It can be discussed in a course on feminist philosophy or on social epistemology. It can also be helpful to connect discussions between feminist philosophy and empathy.