The Fourth Wave of Feminism: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

The discussion focuses on the ways in which the 3 panelists in their lives and work embody fourth wave feminism, which combines politics, psychology, and spirituality in an overarching vision of change. Jane Fonda's emphasis on the importance of making narratives of gender a central organizer f...

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Published in:Studies in gender and sexuality 2009-10, Vol.10 (4), p.213-223
Main Author: Diamond, Diana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autobiographies
Feminism
Fonda, Jane
Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939)
Gender
Political activism
Psychoanalysis
Psychology
Rukeyser, Muriel (1913-1980)
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Summary:The discussion focuses on the ways in which the 3 panelists in their lives and work embody fourth wave feminism, which combines politics, psychology, and spirituality in an overarching vision of change. Jane Fonda's emphasis on the importance of making narratives of gender a central organizer for personal and societal transformation, Hedda Bolgar's insistence that psychoanalysts recognize the complex dialectic between unconscious dynamics and sociocultural realities in order not to conflate conflicts rooted in social inequalities with individual issues, and Sue Shapiro's understanding of the ambiguous role of individual therapy in situations of historical and social trauma such as the tsunami in Indonesia are all examples of fourth wave feminism in practice. The unfinished business of the first 3 waves of feminism-that is, the inequalities that persist in the political and personal spheres-are discussed with the idea that these unfinished agendas will contribute to the fourth wave, in which social action and spiritual/psychological practice converge.
ISSN:1524-0657
1940-9206
DOI:10.1080/15240650903228187