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21 - Social Reproduction Feminism and Deweyan Habit Ontology

from Part III - Socially Embeddded and Culturally Extended Habits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2020

By
Federica Gregoratto  and
Arvi Särkelä
Edited by
Fausto Caruana  and
Italo Testa
Fausto Caruana
Affiliation:
Institute of Neuroscience (Parma), Italian National Research Council
Italo Testa
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi, Parma
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Summary

This chapter draws upon John Dewey's habit ontology in order to spell out the metaphysical commitments of social reproduction feminism. First, it outlines the current feminist debates around social reproduction (SR) in order to show where and to what extent this notion demands further conceptualization. It then presents an account of SR that hinges on Dewey's concept of habituation, which can be characterized as a spiral of second and first nature. It goes on to show how this conception of habit can help articulate SR's role in the production of persons, the maintenance of social groups and even in the reproduction of society. This discloses a perspective on the role of SR as enabling both social domination and transformation. Finally, we recapitulate and conclude by noting some implications of the resulting habit ontology of SR for feminist political thought.

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feminismsocial reproductionsocial ontologyJohn Deweynaturalism
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Pragmatist Approaches from Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Social Theory
 , pp. 438 - 458
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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