The Study On Postmodern Feminist Epistemology From The Perspective Of Gadamer’s Hermeneutics

The research object of feminist epistemology is the influence of social gender on the object of cognition and its result,it’s an indispensable part of feminist philosophy.The mission of feminist epistemology is to expose the discrimination against women in the society and cultural system dominated by male hegemony,and to subvert and criticize it,so as to establish a new feminist epistemology on this basis.Women have always occupied a marginal position in the field of scientific research and cognition so then they have been ignored or excluded.Feminist epistemology reexamines the universal conclusions in traditional epistemology from the perspective of "social gender",so as to achieve the equal rights of women and men to study and explore knowledge.In the history of feminist epistemology,feminists have made more and more in-depth analysis of the knowledge system,analyzed the causes of gender differences in the field of cognition and science,and proposed corresponding solutions according to different analysis results.However,current research on feminist epistemology in Chinese academic circle has not yet have special systematic in-depth study,especially from the angle of hermeneutic research,the study of feminist epistemology is an academic theoretical research of pioneering work,Therefore,it shows that the research on this topic has the important academic theoretical research value and social practical significance of the times.There are four chapters in this paper.The first chapter briefly summarizes the basic content of the paper.The second chapter is the introduction of hermeneutics and feminist epistemology,This chapter aims at introducing and analyzing the connotation of western traditional epistemology and the category of feminist epistemology,postmodern feminist philosophy and epistemology,and further studying the relationship between philosophical hermeneutics and the rise of feminist knowledge.The third chapter is about Gadamer’s hermeneutics and feminist epistemology,This chapter mainly analyzes the postmodern feminist epistemologists’ main claims on feminist epistemology and the inconsistent defects in their theories.It explores the theory of "prejudice","Horizon fusion" and "effective-historical consciousness" of Gadamer’s hermeneutics,so that it can provide a hermeneutical theoretical legitimacy for the long unresolved issues of feminist epistemology.It also analyzes the relationship between feminist epistemology and traditional epistemology from the perspective of Gadamer’s "hermeneutical circle".The fourth chapter is about the meaning understanding and future development of feminist epistemology of Gadamer’s hermeneutics,This chapter mainly discusses the advantages and disadvantages of feminist epistemology in postmodern thinking,and the future development and proper ideological enlightenment of feminist epistemology from the perspective of Gadamer’s hermeneutics.The last part of the paper attemps to critize and analyze the significance and defects of feminist epistemology which based on postmodern thinking.The author tries to clarify the new research opinions and views on the relationship between philosophical hermeneutics,which insists on the unity of universality and difference,and the future development of feminist epistemology.The main theoretical innovation of the paper is that:this paper selects the postmodern feminist epistemology as the topic of discussion,clarify and analyze the viewpoints of the formation,main content and existing problem.This paper attempts to find the legitimacy theoretical support for the position and function of women in cognition emphasized by postmodern feminist epistemology from Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics,In order to promote the theoretical exploration of women’s striving for equal rights with men in cognitive and scientific fields from a new theoretical perspective.Taking Gadamer’s hermeneutics theory as the theoretical support of postmodern feminist epistemology,Gadamer’s theory of hermeneutics provides theoretical support for the legitimacy of women as cognitive subjects.Furthermore,it looks forward to the value of feminist epistemology and the relationship between contemporary hermeneutics and feminist epistemology from the perspective of modern and contemporary hermeneutics.This paper clarifies the connotation and categories of feminist epistemology and makes a clear analysis of the core problems of feminist epistemology from the perspective of Gadamer’s hermeneutics.The paper also explores the significant meanning and function of Gadamer’s hermeneutics in the development of feminist epistemology,so as to enrich the perspectives of the domestic research on feminism.