%0 Journal Article %T A Classification of Feminist Theories %A Karen Wendling %J Les Ateliers de l¡¯¨¦thique %D 2008 %I Universit¨¦ de Montr¨¦al %X In this paper I criticize Alison Jaggar¡¯s descriptions of feminist political theories. I propose an alternative classification of feminist theories that I think more accurately reflects the multiplication of feminist theories and philosophies. There are two main categories, ¡°street theory¡± and academic theories, each with two sub-divisions, political spectrum and ¡°differences¡± under street theory, and directly and indirectly political analyses under academic theories. My view explains why there are no radical feminists outside of North America and why there are so few socialist feminists inside North America. I argue, controversially, that radical feminism is a radical version of liberalism. I argue that ¡°difference¡± feminist theories ¨C theory by and about feminists of colour, queer feminists, feminists with disabilities and so on ¨C belong in a separate sub-category of street theory, because they¡¯ve had profound effects on feminist activism not tracked by traditional left-to-right classifications. Finally, I argue that, while academic feminist theories such as feminist existentialism or feminist sociological theory are generally unconnected to movement activism, they provide important feminist insights that may become importantby showing the advantages of my classification over Jaggar¡¯s views. Une analyse critique de la description des th¨¦ories politiques f¨¦ministes r¨¦v¨¨le qu¡¯une classification alternative ¨¤ celle de Jaggar permettrait de r¨¦pertorier plus ad¨¦quatement les diff¨¦rents courants f¨¦ministes qui ont ¨¦volu¨¦s au cours des derni¨¨res d¨¦cennies. La nouvelle cartographie que nous proposons comprend deux familles de f¨¦minisme : activiste et acad¨¦mique. Cette nouvelle mani¨¨re de localiser et situer les f¨¦minismes aide ¨¤ comprendre pourquoi il n¡¯y a pas de f¨¦minisme radical ¨¤ l¡¯ext¨¦rieur de l¡¯Am¨¦rique du Nord et aussi pourquoi il y a si peu de f¨¦ministes socialistes en Am¨¦rique du Nord. Dans ce nouveau sch¨¨me, le f¨¦minisme de la diff¨¦rence devient une sous-cat¨¦gorie du f¨¦minisme activiste car ce courant a eu une influence importante sur le f¨¦minisme activiste. M¨ºme si les courants de f¨¦minisme acad¨¦mique n¡¯ont pas de rapports directs avec les mouvements activistes, ils jouent un r le important dans l¡¯¨¦nonciation et l¡¯¨¦laboration de certaines probl¨¦matiques qui, ensuite, peuvent s¡¯av¨¦rer cruciales pour les activistes. Nous concluons en d¨¦montrant que cette nouvelle classification repr¨¦sente plus clairement les diff¨¦rents f¨¦minismes et facilite la compr¨¦hension de l¡¯¨¦volution du f¨¦minisme et des enjeux qui ont influenc¨¦ le f¨¦minisme. %K ¨¦thique appliqu¨¦e %K f¨¦minisme %U http://creum.umontreal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/pdf_02_Karen_Wendling.pdf