| Reconstructing Political - Ppr* Contributor(s): Shanley, Mary Lyndon (Author), Narayan, Uma (Editor), Shanley, Mary Lyndon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0271017252 ISBN-13: 9780271017259 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1997 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 305.420 |
| LCCN: 97007126 |
| Series: Monograph Series of the Academy of |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.94" W x 8.95" (0.90 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |