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belief that truth is possible

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- philosophical position, a subcategory of objetivism
-  claims that it is possible to obtain knowledge about mind‐independent reality

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- refers to a fundamental shift in the relationship between language and the disciplines of humanities and social sciences

- e.g. feminism is understood nowadays than 50 years ago

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-find out how (binary) categories are constructed & maintained
- nature of „binary“ division is constructed: „Identity categories are always normative“--> working on deconstruction of frames & categories

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- encourages a way of looking at the world that challenges what comes to be accepted as ‘truth’ and ‘knowledge’
- seek to reconfigure agency

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- concept that everything is divided, categories are understood in binary terms
- binary modes of thought limit thinking in ways that are oppositional & hierarchical
- conflation of not-feminist with misogyny or patriarchy
- example: man/woman, good/evil, feminist/not-feminist or even anti-feminist

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late/ fast capitalism
rise of western consumer culture
multinationalism
globalization

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- relativist: position or argument is one according to which the truth is not always the same but varies according to circumstances

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era of social and cultural life and asthetics
since 1950s

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- formal description of a formal description of a particular mode of research and analysis
- development of a reflexive and critical social inquiry
- discourses of equity, inclusion, social justice (familiar & compatible with feminist agendas)
- sometimes called new left theory or neo-Marxism
e.g.: critical race theory, critical multiculturalism, critical psychology, critical feminist theory and
critical pedagogy
- freedom from oppression is a central goal

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-recognition that constitution is specific and socially regulated through particular ways of truth
-can be questioned and changed

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complex, unstable, possibilities for agency, resistance, freedom, emancipation
not only an oppressive voice
also exists in lateral relations (not only hierarchical)
relation produces meaning & subjects