Reconstructing Political Theory: Feminist Perspectives - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0271017252 ISBN 13 : 9780271017259

Editeur : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997

Synopsis

In this volume, a companion to Feminist Interpretations and Political Theory (Penn State, 1991) edited by Mary Lyndon Shanley and Carole Pateman, leading feminist theorists rethink the traditional concepts of political theory and expand the range of problems and concerns regarded as central to the analysis of political life. Written by well-known scholars in philosophy, political science, sociology, and law, the book provides a rich interdisciplinary account of key issues in political thought.

While some of the chapters discuss traditional concepts such as rights, power, freedom, and citizenship, others argue that topics less frequently discussed in political theory―such as the family, childhood, dependency, compassion and suffering―are just as significant for an understanding of political life. The Introduction shows how such diverse topics can be linked together and how feminist political theory can be elaborated systematically if it takes notions of independence and dependency, public and private, and power and empowerment as central to its agenda.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Uma Narayan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Mary Lyndon Shanley is Professor of Political Science, both at Vassar College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0271017252
• ISBN 13: 9780271017259
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: Shanley Mary Lyndon, Narayan Uma
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible