new materialism and feminism

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1、NewmaterialismandfeminismNewmaterialismandfeminism　　Introduction　　Theresearchoffemale’sbiologicalbodyisleftbehindbyfeministsbecauseitseemstobenaturalandunchangeable.Andatthesametime，traditionalgenderdiversitytheoriesarebasedonthebiologicaldifferencesoftwosexes.Newmateri

2、alismbroughtsomenewideasandthoughtstofeministresearchtowardsbodyandbiology.Forthefirsttimeinacademichistory，ourbiologicalbodyturnsouttobeinterrelatedwiththeoutsidesociety.Andmaterialistfeministsalsohavetheirownunderstandingoffreedomandwomen’sfuture.Thisarticlewilltalkab

3、outnewmaterialismandmaterialistfeminismfromtheirphilosophicalandbiologicalfoundation.Andinordertofinditsrelationwithotherfeministtheories，thearticlewillalsoputthe‘bodyresearch’intoahistoryandtracethedevelopmentofit.　　Newmaterialismandfeministresearch　　Withthedevelopment

4、ofphysicsresearch，suchasthediscoveryofquarksanddarkmatter，peoplehasdevelopedanewunderstandingtowardsthecompositionofmatterandthemovementoftheenvironmentaroundus.Descartes’definitionofmatterlaidthefoundationoftraditionalphysicsmaterialresearch.Heregardedmatteras‘corporea

5、lsubstanceconstitutedoflength，breadth，andthickness；asextended，uniform，andinert’（CooleandFrost，2010：7）.Accordingtothisdefinitionofmatter，Newtonianbuilthislawsofmotion，whichwereregardedastheprinciplesofmatters’movement.Materialdeterminismandstrict‘linearlogicofcauseandeff

6、ect’influencedpeople’sunderstandingofsurroundingworld.Thisenablespeopletobuildtheirconfidencetojudgeandcontrolthechangeanddevelopmentofthemselvesandtheoutsideworld.Accordingtothismaterialdeterminism，female’sinferiorsocialpositionwasregardedastheinevitableresultoftheirbo

7、dy.Firstly，their‘weak’bodydecidedtheirdisadvantageasalaborinpublicsociety.Secondly，theirreproductionfunctiondeterminedtheirbelongingtothedomesticsphere.Thecharacteristicsandfunctionsoftheirbodywerealwaysregardedasthedeterminantsoftheirlifeanddestiny.Andatthesametime，itw

8、asnaturalandinevitable.However，thistraditionalmaterialdeterminismisnotconvincingforphilosophersanymore.Newmate