CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7 -- INTRODUCTION From Revolution to Deconstruction 9 -- Book Structure and Overview 13 -- CHAPTER 1 Laying the Foundations - Feminism and Deconstruction 17 -- Introduction 17 -- Feminist Critiques of Philosophy 19 -- Differences between Poststructuralism and Postmodernism 26 -- Conclusion 38 -- CHAPTER 2 The 'Subject' of Feminism 41 -- Introduction 41 -- Identity Politics Feminism 48 -- Difference Feminism 54 -- Deconstruction 60 -- Conclusion 72 -- CHAPTER 3 Derridean Deconstruction and Feminism 75 -- Introduction 75 -- What Deconstruction Could Be 77 -- The Politics of Deconstruction 96 -- Feminist Criticism of Deconstruction 105 -- Conclusion 115 -- CHAPTER 4 Women's Studies in the Academy 117 -- Introduction 117 -- Overview of Tertiary Education in Australia (1960-1990) 118 -- Women's Liberation Movement 119 -- Women's Studies: A Collection of Fragments 122 -- Women's Studies in the University Sector 1970s-1990s: An Overview 142 -- The Issue of Naming 150 -- Conclusion 152 -- CHAPTER 5 Australian Feminists' Theoretical Concerns 153 -- Introduction 153 -- (False) Divide or Dichotomy between a Political Feminism and an Academic Feminism 157 -- The Precursors of Deconstruction 162 -- Theoretical Influences on Academic Feminism 169 -- Foucault: The Initial Point of Contact 170 -- Psychoanalysis as an Important Precursor to Deconstruction 172 -- Reaction against Poststructuralism 191 -- Australian Feminists and Theory 202 -- Conclusion 205 -- CONCLUSION A Democracy 'to Come' 207 -- Some Critical Findings 208 -- Feminism and Deconstruction: A Democracy 'to Come' 212 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 219 -- INDEX 245.