Bringing Peace Home

by Warren, Karen J.; Cady, Duane L.

• ISBN13: 9780253210159
• ISBN10: 0253210151
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-01
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

"This collection of works is ambitious, well documented, thoroughly -- though not turgidly -- referenced, and comprehensively indexed. It is deeply disturbing and deeply engaging... " -- Australian Feminist StudiesContributors discuss the subtle and complex relationships between various notions of "feminism" and "peace." Feminist peace issues are explored along a wide spectrum of personal and political issues -- from the personal violations of rape, incest, and domestic abuse, to the violence of racism, sexism, economic exploitation, war, and genocide.

Author Biography

KAREN J. WARREN, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Macalester College, is the editor of Ecological Feminist Philosophies (a Hypatia Book) and co-editor of Environmental Philosophies. DUANE L. CADY, Professor of Philosophy at Hamline University, is the author of From Warism to Pacifism: A Moral Continuum and co-author of Humanitarian Intervention: Just-War--Pacifism.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Feminism and Peace: Seeing Connections	p. 1
The One Who Burns Herself for Peace	p. 16
Meditations on National Identity	p. 33
Making Peace with the Earth: Indegenous Agriculture and the Green Revolution	p. 54
Bringing Peace Home: A Feminist Philosophical Perspective on the Abuse of Women, Children, and Pet Animals	p. 68
Mothering, Diversity, and Peace: Comments on Sara Ruddick's Feminist Maternal Peace Politics	p. 88
"Severed Heads": Susan Griffin's Account of War, Detachment, and Denial	p. 106
The Psychology of Tyranny: Wollstonecraft and Woolf on the Gendered Dimension of War	p. 118
Unthinkable Fathering: Connecting Incest and Nuclearism	p. 133
Onward Christian Soldiers: The War Talk of Beverly Davenport LaHaye	p. 152
Woman as Caretaker: An Archetype That Supports Patriarchal Militarism	p. 165
Men in Groups: Collective Responsibility for Rape	p. 175
An Alternative to Pacifism? Feminism and Just-War Theory	p. 192
Feminist Justice and the Pursuit of Peace	p. 211
Notes on Contributors	p. 225
Index	p. 229
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