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Political Science 2Introduction The concept of standpoint epistemology is based on the philosophy of the knowledge which enables the holistic world view on the challenges of the oppressed women and the vision on how this knowledge offers a platform for the social activism. The aspect of this concepts seem to offer a great deal for the study of feminist standpoint theories for the social science. The subject challenges the dominant to positivist as well as the empirical nature to the social science, which provides alternative locations to being the research especially to the marginalized particularly to the black women (Collins, 2002). Yet it has been criticized on many grounds. In this paper, it will examine two representative criticism of Patricia Hill Collin’s and provide argument to oppose these critics. The two criticism which will be addressed and opposed are Standpoint epistemology cannot lead to more objective accounts and Failure of attack of experiences aspectsfrom academic stance (Collins, 2000). This paper will formulate opposing argument in light of the critics which have been raised. The argument is that her position is defensible and her critics have reduced her position to one side or another of the very binaries which they have identified and which Collins tend to transcend. The feminist standpoint epistemology claims to provide an alternative theory of knowledge which tend to seek less distorted, and less partial accounts to the social reality and hierarchies(Eagly, 2016). The FSEs undermine the claims to the dominant as well as the powerful forms to the social inquiry. On the other, it begins from the standpoint of the women, and more especially the marginalized women (Eagly, 2016). Despite this the FSEs has been criticized from many perspective, including feminists along with their supporters. From the critics which have been leveled above, this paper will oppose these two aspects. In order to keep the argument within the word length, the paper will concentrate on critics of Patricia Hill Collin’s, in particular two
Political Science 3exchanges and provide a representative summary of the debate. In the work I have consulted the article journal on Collins, Patricia Hill (2000) ‘Gender, black feminism, and black political economy’, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Standpoint epistemology cannot lead to more objective accountAs indicated by Collins it could seem that the challenges as well as the notions of objectivity which she has raises involves them when it suits. According to Collins highlights that starting study from the realism of the women lives, particularly to those women that are much oppressed by race as well as the class especially the black, would lead to more objective account for the reality (Collins, 2017). According to Hekman charges that Collins has no argument as to why this has been the case. Hekman defends on her stand that the inter alia noting that the realism of the black women lives is on its own a discourse that has been constructed, at least to some extent especially by the feminist standpoint theorists that have highlighted it as the ground to this technique (Heckman, 1997). Collins addressed on this criticism by agreeing to the reality of women lives are socially constructed discursive formation. I oppose on this critism which has been raised in that Patricia Collins has broaden on the discussion on the gender to incorporate that the racial aspect as the black women shared a very common link in relation to the universal oppression (Collins, 2000). Many of the black women might recount from their history a record of the oppression, slavery or maybe discrimination (Collins, 2000). This created a strong standpoint compared to experience by the white women that have a huge effect as compared to the other discriminated groups. Collins provides critique to the neutrality ideal when it comes to modernist black political economy. The ideal of the objectivity as regards to the neutrality offers no resistance when it comes to the manufacturing of the systematically distorted outcomes of the study (Collins,
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