Revisioning the Political

by Hirschmann, Nancy J.; Di Stefano, Christine

• ISBN13: 9780813386393
• ISBN10: 081338639X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Westview Pr

Summary

In this collection, leading feminist political theorists offer papers, new and classic, on the key concepts of traditional political theory. The emphasis is upon the construction of a positive feminist political theory on the foundations of criticism of the tradition.

Author Biography

Nancy J. Hirschmann is associate professor of political science at Cornell University. She is author of Rethinking Obligation: A Feminist Method for Political Theory as well as papers on feminist theory, political concepts, and women in the history of the Western canon. Christine Di Stefano is associate professor of political science at the University of Washington. She is author of Configurations of Masculinity: A Feminist Perspective on Modern Political Theory and papers on autonomy, feminist postmodernism, and gender is Western political thought. Nancy J. Hirschmann is associate professor of political science at Cornell University. She is author of Rethinking Obligation: A Feminist Method for Political Theory as well as papers on feminist theory, political concepts, and women in the history of the Western canon. Christine Di Stefano is associate professor of political science at the University of Washington. She is author of Configurations of Masculinity: A Feminist Perspective on Modern Political Theory and papers on autonomy, feminist postmodernism, and gender is Western political thought.

Table of Contents

Feminist Theory and Politics	p. iii
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Revision, Reconstruction, and the Challenge of the New	p. 1
Notes	p. 21
References	p. 23
Community/ Sexuality/Gender Rethinking Power	p. 27
Notes	p. 45
References	p. 47
Revisioning Freedom	p. 51
Notes	p. 71
References	p. 72
What is Authority's Gender?	p. 75
References	p. 92
Autonomy in the Light of Difference	p. 95
Notes	p. 111
References	p. 113
Reconstructing Democracy	p. 117
Notes	p. 132
References	p. 134
Care as a Political Concept	p. 139
Notes	p. 151
References	p. 153
Rethinking Obligation for Feminism	p. 157
Notes	p. 177
References	p. 178
Equalizing Privacy and Specifying Equality	p. 181
References	p. 191
Privacy at Home the Twofold Problem	p. 193
Notes	p. 209
References	p. 210
Privacy, Publicity, and Power	p. 213
Notes	p. 229
References	p. 230
All the Comforts of Home	p. 235
References	p. 250
Reflections on Families in the Age of Murphy Brown	p. 251
Notes	p. 268
References	p. 269
About the Book	p. 271
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 273
Index	p. 277
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