Reconstructing Political Theory: Feminist Perspectives (Monograph Series of the Academy of)

Shanley, Mary Lyndon [Editor]; Narayan, Uma [Editor];

ISBN 10: 0271017252 / ISBN 13: 9780271017259

Published by Penn State University Press, 1997

Good paperback copy. Pen underlining and marginalia throughout. Spine lightly creased but binding remains sturdy. Stickers on back cover. A nice reading/study copy. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seller Inventory # 271722

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.

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: Reconstructing Political Theory: Feminist ...
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good