Because I Said So: Toward a Feminist Theory of Authority

Hypatia 20 (4):59-79 (2000)
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Abstract

Feminism is an antiauthoritarian movement that has sought to unmask many traditional “authorities” as ungrounded. Given this, it might seem as if feminists are required to abandon the concept of authority altogether. But, we argue, the exercise of authority enables us to coordinate our efforts to achieve larger social goods and, hence, should be preserved. Instead, what is needed and what we provide for here is a way to distinguish legitimate authority from objectionable authoritarianism.

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Rebecca Hanrahan
Whitman College
Louise Antony
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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