Can you please translate this paragraph?

Can you translate the following paragraph into simple English? It is almost impossible for me to understand.


"Feminist critics have often pondered whether a postmodern language may be articulated that obviates the essentialist arrogance of much modernist and some feminist discourse and does not reduce feminism to silences or a purely negative and reactionary stance. "

I have trouble understanding with "essentialist arrogance, postmodern language and discourse." If you can translate this paragraph and clarify it, I would deeply appreciate it. Thanks.