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1、NewmaterialismandfeminismNewmaterialismandfeminism Introduction Theresearchoffemale’sbiologicalbodyisleftbehindbyfeministsbecauseitseemstobenaturalandunchangeable.Andatthesametime，traditionalgenderdiversitytheoriesarebasedonthebiologicaldifferencesoftwosexes.Newmateri
2、alismbroughtsomenewideasandthoughtstofeministresearchtowardsbodyandbiology.Forthefirsttimeinacademichistory，ourbiologicalbodyturnsouttobeinterrelatedwiththeoutsidesociety.Andmaterialistfeministsalsohavetheirownunderstandingoffreedomandwomen’sfuture.Thisarticlewilltalkab
3、outnewmaterialismandmaterialistfeminismfromtheirphilosophicalandbiologicalfoundation.Andinordertofinditsrelationwithotherfeministtheories，thearticlewillalsoputthe‘bodyresearch’intoahistoryandtracethedevelopmentofit. Newmaterialismandfeministresearch Withthedevelopment
4、ofphysicsresearch，suchasthediscoveryofquarksanddarkmatter，peoplehasdevelopedanewunderstandingtowardsthecompositionofmatterandthemovementoftheenvironmentaroundus.Descartes’definitionofmatterlaidthefoundationoftraditionalphysicsmaterialresearch.Heregardedmatteras‘corporea
5、lsubstanceconstitutedoflength，breadth，andthickness；asextended，uniform，andinert’（CooleandFrost，2010：7）.Accordingtothisdefinitionofmatter，Newtonianbuilthislawsofmotion，whichwereregardedastheprinciplesofmatters’movement.Materialdeterminismandstrict‘linearlogicofcauseandeff
6、ect’influencedpeople’sunderstandingofsurroundingworld.Thisenablespeopletobuildtheirconfidencetojudgeandcontrolthechangeanddevelopmentofthemselvesandtheoutsideworld.Accordingtothismaterialdeterminism，female’sinferiorsocialpositionwasregardedastheinevitableresultoftheirbo
7、dy.Firstly，their‘weak’bodydecidedtheirdisadvantageasalaborinpublicsociety.Secondly，theirreproductionfunctiondeterminedtheirbelongingtothedomesticsphere.Thecharacteristicsandfunctionsoftheirbodywerealwaysregardedasthedeterminantsoftheirlifeanddestiny.Andatthesametime，itw
8、asnaturalandinevitable.However，thistraditionalmaterialdeterminismisnotconvincingforphilosophersanymore.Newmate
