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Diotima's Ghost: The Uncertain Place of Feminist Philosophy in Professional Philosophy

When asked about the state of feminist philosophy in the profession of academic philosophy, I am not sure what question I'm trying to answer. Is it a question about the success of feminist philosophy as it has emerged into professional discourse since the 1970s? If this is the question, what are the measures of success? For many women who founded or contributed to feminist philosophy the very existence of feminist philosophy as a category of philosophy recognized in the profession seems to constitute a great success. The establishment of feminist philosophy within professional philosophy in the twentieth century is incontestable, given such facts as the following. There is a large and generationally layered literature that includes new subject matters as well as forms of critical analysis of other philosophical discourses and of the philosophical tradition. A well-established journal, Hypatia, is devoted to feminist work. Anthologies, textbooks, companions, and guides to feminist philosophy are published by major presses, and there are book series in feminist philosophy at one major university press and one major commercial academic publisher. Feminist philosophy now appears as an area of competence and (much less frequently) as an area of specialization in professional job listings. The Society for Women in Philosophy, a professional organization devoted to feminist philosophy, has been around since the 1970s, and FEAST (Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory) hosts its second national conference in 2005. Courses in feminist philosophy are offered at undergraduate and graduate levels at a great