Susan Hekman 
The Future of Differences [PDF ebook] 
Truth and Method in Feminist Theory

1. The Problem of Difference.
The Other.
From erasure to emphasis.
From difference to differences.
The future of differences.
2. From Difference to Differences: The Case of Feminist
Standpoint Theory.
Defining the feminist standpoint.
The challenge of difference: redefining the feminist
standpoint.
Toward a new paradigm.
3. A Method for Differences.
Feminism, method and difference.
Weber’s ideal type.
Feminist ideal types.
Conclusion.
4. The Epistemology of Moral Voice: Displacing Hegemony in
Moral/Legal Discourse. .
Different moral voices. Different legal voices.
A new legal game.
An alternative moral epistemology: multiple voices.
5. Backgrounds and Riverbeds: Feminist Reflections.
Theories of the Background.
Subverting the Background.
Shifting the riverbed.
Conclusion.
Notes.
References.
Index.

Susan Hekman is Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington.