"Hegel and Feminist Philosophy traces the legacy of Hegel in the work of thinkers such as de Beauvoir Irigaray and Butler, and also in contemporary debates in feminist ethics and political philosophy. As Hutchings demonstrates, this is an ambivalent legacy. Hegel figures both as an antagonistic 'other' and as a significant resource for feminist thinking. His philosophy is antagonistic to feminism in so far as it excludes women from both reason and history, yet at the same time his account of reason and history is fundamentally non-binary and can be drawn on in feminist philosophy's attempts to escape the binary thinking of the philosophical tradition. Hutchings suggests that Hegelian elements within feminist thought provide the basis for a rethinking of feminist philosophy, thus opening up new possibilities for feminism. This is demonstrated by showing how Hegelian modes of thinking help to resolve entrenched debates over sexual difference, ethical judgment and equality of right." This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy, women's studies and political theory.