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女性·實存·他者 : 實存哲學의 他者槪念과 現代 女性學 = Existentialism and Contemporary Feminism
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신옥희 (이화여대 철학과)
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이화여대 한국여성연구소(Korean Women's institute Ewha Womans University)
학술지명
권호사항
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1987
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The main task of this paper is to examine the possibilities of existential philosophy to make theoretical contribution for the formation of feminist theory in the West as well as in the East. In this paper, relation between existential philosophy and feminist theory will be investigated, centering on the problem of the self and the other.
As a prelude to the study of relation between existentialism and feminist theory, existentialism views an the problem of the self and the other are briefly introduced in the Second Chapter of this paper. In this chapter, Sartre's notion of "being-for-others" (le pour-autrui), Martin Buber's doctrine of "I-Thou relation." and Karl Jaspers' theory of "existential communication" are briefly treated.
In the third chapter, relationship between existentialism and contemporary feminist theory is investigated: in the first section, relationship between Jean Paul Sartre's existential philosophy and Simone de Beauvoir's feminist theory; in the second section, relation between Martin Buber's philosophy and Mary Daly's theory of women's liberation; and in the third section, prospect of possible contributions of existential philosophy to the future formation of feminist theory in Korea.
The importance and validity of existential philosophy for the formation of contemporary feminist theories became manifest already through the famous works of Simone de Beauvoir and Mary Daly in the field of contemporary women's studies. Simone de Beauvoir's feminism in the Second Sex is developed in the frame-work of Sartre's existential philosophy, and Mary Daly's Beyond God the Father is based upon Martin Buber's existential philosophy of I-Thou relation.
Simone de Beauvoir has opened a new possibility of more fundamental and more holistic approach to women's studies through her creative use of Sartre's philosophical categories for the analysis of social and cultural phenomena of female oppression. Beauvoir describes unfree and tragic life situation of women, who cannot but live as passive and dependent "being-in-itself" (l'en-soi), inspite of their awareness of themselves as free and creative "being-for-itself" (le pour-soi). On the basis of Sartre's theory of being-for-others (le pour-autrui), Beauvoir conceives the relation between men and women as that of conflict and opposition. The basic task of Beauvoir's feminist theory is to awaken women's authentic self-awareness as active and independent Pour-soi, destroying women's self-deceptions (mauvaise for) and self alienation, caused by the inevitable and unbearable situation of inner and outer conflict. The second birth of women as free and autonomous "being-for-itself" (le pour-sor) is Alpha and Omega of Beauvoir's feminist thought. Beauvoir expects that tragic opposition and conflict between women men will be resolved, when women are born again as active and autonomous beings.
However, Beauvoir does not present any positive views about how women can carry out active self-transformation in the sexist social environment, and how conflict situations between women and men can be overcome. In other words, Beauvoir's feminist theory put stress only on the necessity of self-awakening of women's consciousness as free and autonomous subjects, without showing any positive vision of a new mode of human relation that can stand together with women's free subjectivity as Pour-soi.
Mary Daly's theory of women's liberation adopts Martin Buber's Judaistic religious existentialism as its theoretical foundation. On the basis of Buber's existential philosophy, Daly assert that the main task of women's liberation movement is nothing else but realization in this world of pure I-Thou relationship between women and men.
For Mary Daly women's liberation must proceed beyond the preliminary negative stage of iconoclasm and exorcism to the more developed stage of positive actions against social realities, which dehumanize and fragmentize women's personality. Daly's strategy of action for the strengthening of women's subjectivity in confrontation with the threat of dehumanizing social conditions is to establish the community of Sisterhood as pure community of persons in which each other's personality is confirmed and received as a whole. Daly's community of Sisterhood is understood as a new space for women in which they can develop their personal beings fully without any limitation through actual life in I-Thou relation with other members. According to Mary Daly, the basic task of women's liberation is nothing else but establishing I-Thou community between women and men in this world.
Furthermore Daly presents the dea of intuitive reason as new intellectual orientation for the non-objectifying personal apperception of non-objectifiable personal beings. Daly contrasts non-objectifying intuitive reason or ontological reason with objectifying technical reason, and asserts that the former is necessary to go beyond the objectifying and dehumanizing scientific approach to human personality. In other words, the intuitive reason is a new way of thinking that daly recommends as an appropriate method of thinking for the full realization of I-thou relationship in Buber's sense.
With the adoption of Buber's philosophy of I-Thou relation, Mary Daly's feminist theory goes beyond the limitations of Beauvoir's feminism, achieving fuller maturity in its ontological and epistemological dimensions. However, Mary Daly's feminism seems to fall into radical separatism, emphasizing separation of women from the dehumanizing secular world of I-It relationship.
Traditional oriental thought, especially Buddhist thought, is characterized by the spirituality of mystical union beyond subject and object split and opposition. Thus, numerous contemporary feminist theorists in the West are nowadays deeply interested in non-discrimination oriental wisdom, and make researches about oriental thought from various perspectives.
However, seen from the feminist viewpoint, Buddhist thought attaches so much weight to non-discriminating wisdom of mystical union and mutual interdependence of all things that it tends to weaken independent subjectivity of personal self. Furthermore, Korean women have had not much luck to develop independence and autonomy of self as unconditioned subjectivity on account of the strict ethical bondage of confucian family system with strong patriarchal tendency.
Existential philosophy of the West seems to be an indispensable compliment to the oriental traditional thought for the formation of adequate feminist theories. In other words, it seems helpful to adopt existential view points in order to supplement defects of our traditional oriental thinking for the Korean women to realize their authentic freedom in relation with others. Modern existential philosophy of the West seems to have important elements that can help us oriental women learn how to enter into relation without losing autonomous personal independence, and achieve powerful self-identity which is merciful and embracing at the same time.
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