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The central components of the feminist critique of sexist duality are systematized, & important social functions of this dualism as they concern women are examined. A materialist interpretation of duality based on the social relations of reproductive behavior is suggested. It is proposed that the Marxist feminist effort has failed to give an adequate account of women's experience of daily oppression, & that shifts to socialism around the world have not feed women from their specific forms of oppression. Arising from Marxist shortcomings, the psychoanalytic approach has contributed some intriguing criticisms of sexist dualism; however, a different approach is presented here, drawing on theories artiulated by Genevieve Lloyd, Mary O'Brien, Patricia J. Mills, Alison Jaggar, Sheila Ruth, Margaret Whitford, Luce Irigaray, & Eleanor Burke Leacock. D. Dennis

Enrique Dussel's writings span the theology of liberation, critiques of discourse ethics, evaluations of Marx, Levinas, Habermas, and others, but most importantly, the development of a philosophy written from the underside of Eurocentric modernist teleologies, an ethics of the impoverished, and the articulation of a unique Latin American theoretical perspective. This anthology of original articles by U.S. philosophers elucidating Dussel's thought, offers critical analyses from a variety of perspectives, including feminist ones. Also included is an essay by Dussel that responds to these essays