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Universal Difference
Kate (Lecturer Nash
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Description for Universal Difference
Hardcover. Explores the relationship between liberalism and feminism by deconstructing classic liberal texts and pinpointing their significance for women in the context of wider social issues. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFK; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 348.
The author argues that rather than seeing liberalism as exclusionary of women's specificity, as many contemporary feminists do, we should look at variations in liberalism, and in particular at its democratisation in the nineteenth century, and at how feminists have used liberalism as a resource. Liberalism is analysed using a post-structuralist theory of hegemony: texts of liberal political philosophy are deconstructed to show how the term 'women' is used as an 'undecidable' in the Derridean sense to produce the opposition between feminine private and masculine public spheres; these texts are then linked to liberal-democratic social and political practices, including feminism ... Read more
The author argues that rather than seeing liberalism as exclusionary of women's specificity, as many contemporary feminists do, we should look at variations in liberalism, and in particular at its democratisation in the nineteenth century, and at how feminists have used liberalism as a resource. Liberalism is analysed using a post-structuralist theory of hegemony: texts of liberal political philosophy are deconstructed to show how the term 'women' is used as an 'undecidable' in the Derridean sense to produce the opposition between feminine private and masculine public spheres; these texts are then linked to liberal-democratic social and political practices, including feminism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
170
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333721162
SKU
V9780333721162
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About Kate (Lecturer Nash
KATE NASH
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