The subject of liberty Toward a feminist theory of freedom

This book reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women's real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. Nancy Hirschmann argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy severely reduces the concept'...

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Main Author:	Hirschmann, Nancy J
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, NJ Princeton University Press 2009
Edition:	1
Subjects:	Adoption Americans Burqa Citizenship Consideration Contexts Criticism Critique Domestic violence Employment False consciousness Femininity Feminism Feminism (international relations) Feminism.GBA2Z3390 Feminist movement Feminist theory Freedom Funding Gender Gender role Gratitude Harassment Heterosexism History & Theory Housewife Identity politics Ideology Income Individualism Institution Judith Butler Lesbian Liberty Male privilege Masculinity Masculism Negative liberty Norm (social) Obedience (human behavior) Obstacle Of Education On Liberty Oppression Patriarchy Person of color Philosophy Political philosophy POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory Political theory Politics Positive liberty Postmodernism Psychological abuse Public sphere Racism Rationality Requirement Self-concept Sexism Sexual assault Sexual harassment Single parent Slavery Social constructionism Social constructivism Social relation Social structure Subjectivity Taliban Theory Unfreedom Utilitarianism Violence against women Welfare Welfare state Women in Islam Writing Patriarchy Gratitude Unfreedom Judith Butler Critique Funding Political philosophy Individualism Income Institution Housewife Social constructionism Domestic violence Sexism Ideology Lesbian Harassment Women in Islam Adoption Sexual harassment Violence against women Of Education Femininity Rationality Social structure Americans Utilitarianism Social constructivism Citizenship Requirement Taliban False consciousness Single parent Positive liberty Subjectivity Consideration Person of color Negative liberty Philosophy Heterosexism Norm (social) Slavery Postmodernism Masculinity Obstacle Theory Contexts Male privilege Sexual assault Gender role Self-concept Social relation Welfare Employment Welfare state Feminism (international relations) On Liberty Feminist movement Identity politics Criticism Oppression Obedience (human behavior) Masculism Feminism Public sphere Burqa Writing Psychological abuse Politics Racism
ISBN:	9780691096254, 9780691096247, 0691096244, 0691096252, 9781400825363, 1400825369
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