Public Man, Private Woman Women in Social and Political Thought - Second Edition

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Synopsis

Focusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, Jean Elshtain explores the general tendency to assert the primacy of the public world—the political sphere dominated by men—and to denigrate the private world—the familial sphere dominated by women. She offers her own positive reconstruction of the public and the private in a feminist theory that reaffirms the importance of the family and envisions an "ethical polity."

Book details

Edition:
2
Author:
Jean Bethke Elshtain
ISBN:
9780691215952
Related ISBNs:
9780691024769
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Pages:
408
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-08-04
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1981
Copyright by:
Princeton University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Politics and Government