 Continental feminism denotes an approach to feminist issues in philosophy and the world both via figures and methods of what is called the “Continental” tradition in philosophy and via critical interventions into this tradition. Continental tradition in philosophy today refers to a set of nineteenth and twentieth century figures and theoretical traditions from mainland Europe, arising as a way for English-speaking philosophers in the United States to distinguish their approach to philosophical questions from that of the analytic tradition. By utilizing one or more of the signature schemas of the Continental tradition, Continental feminists contribute to problem areas ranging from metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, ethics, and social and political philosophy. Continental feminism thus refers to a body and style of work consisting of feminist interpretations of mainstream Continental figures (largely from what is called “Continental Europe”, such as Hegel, Levinas, Derrida, Foucault); feminist uses of psychoanalysis, phenomenology, deconstruction, genealogy, and critical theory; and of interpretations of European feminists and figures such as de Beauvoir, Irigaray, Arendt, and Kristeva. Note, however, that Europe is not and has never been a continent, and in this sense, Continental feminism, like Continental philosophy, is more of an imagined community of approaches, figures, and traditions, or an umbrella concept, rather than a precise term.