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Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory
Nancy J. Hirschmann
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Paperback. Demonstrates that modern theories of freedom are susceptible to gender and class analysis and they must be analyzed in terms of gender and class in order to be understood. Through readings of major and minor works of Hobbes, Locke, Kant, and Mill, this book examines the gender and class foundations of the modern understanding of freedom. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
In Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory, Nancy Hirschmann demonstrates not merely that modern theories of freedom are susceptible to gender and class analysis but that they must be analyzed in terms of gender and class in order to be understood at all. Through rigorous close readings of major and minor works of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, and Mill, Hirschmann establishes and examines the gender and class foundations of the modern understanding of freedom. Building on a social constructivist model of freedom that she developed in her award-winning book The Subject of Liberty: Toward a Feminist Theory of ... Read more
In Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory, Nancy Hirschmann demonstrates not merely that modern theories of freedom are susceptible to gender and class analysis but that they must be analyzed in terms of gender and class in order to be understood at all. Through rigorous close readings of major and minor works of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, and Mill, Hirschmann establishes and examines the gender and class foundations of the modern understanding of freedom. Building on a social constructivist model of freedom that she developed in her award-winning book The Subject of Liberty: Toward a Feminist Theory of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691129891
SKU
V9780691129891
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About Nancy J. Hirschmann
Nancy J. Hirschmann is the R. Jean Brownlee Endowed Term Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Her book "The Subject of Liberty: Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom" (Princeton) won the 2004 Victoria Schuck Award for the best book on women and politics from the American Political Science Association.
Reviews for Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory
"Hirschmann argues persuasively concerning the need for another discussion of the 'greats' of modern European political thought. She rereads Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, and Mill and argues that rather than embracing positive or negative liberty, they use both simultaneously. She further argues that discussions of 'human nature' and the 'state of nature' in each are already rife with social constructivism... ... Read more