Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory /
Hirschmann, Nancy J.
Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory / Nancy J. Hirschmann. - Course Book - 1 online resource (352 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory -- CHAPTER ONE. Desire and Rationality -- CHAPTER TWO. FREEDOM, REASON, AND THE EDUCATION OF CITIZEN-SUBJECTS -- CHAPTER THREE. Force, Freedom, and Family -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Inner World of Freedom -- CHAPTER FIVE. Utility, Democracy, Equality -- CONCLUSION. Rethinking Freedom in the Canon -- Notes -- References -- Index
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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 Freedom, she makes in her new book another original and important contribution to political and feminist theory. Despite the prominence of "state of nature" ideas in modern political theory, Hirschmann argues, theories of freedom actually advance a social constructivist understanding of humanity. By rereading "human nature" in light of this insight, Hirschmann uncovers theories of freedom that are both more historically accurate and more relevant to contemporary politics. Pigeonholing canonical theorists as proponents of either "positive" or "negative" liberty is historically inaccurate, she demonstrates, because theorists deploy both conceptions of freedom simultaneously throughout their work.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691129891 9781400824168
10.1515/9781400824168 doi
Constructivism (Philosophy).
Liberty--Philosophy.
Liberty--Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Feminist Theory.--Feminism &
Sex role--Political aspects.
Sex role--Political aspects.
Social classes--Political aspects.
Women's rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory / Nancy J. Hirschmann. - Course Book - 1 online resource (352 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory -- CHAPTER ONE. Desire and Rationality -- CHAPTER TWO. FREEDOM, REASON, AND THE EDUCATION OF CITIZEN-SUBJECTS -- CHAPTER THREE. Force, Freedom, and Family -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Inner World of Freedom -- CHAPTER FIVE. Utility, Democracy, Equality -- CONCLUSION. Rethinking Freedom in the Canon -- Notes -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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 Freedom, she makes in her new book another original and important contribution to political and feminist theory. Despite the prominence of "state of nature" ideas in modern political theory, Hirschmann argues, theories of freedom actually advance a social constructivist understanding of humanity. By rereading "human nature" in light of this insight, Hirschmann uncovers theories of freedom that are both more historically accurate and more relevant to contemporary politics. Pigeonholing canonical theorists as proponents of either "positive" or "negative" liberty is historically inaccurate, she demonstrates, because theorists deploy both conceptions of freedom simultaneously throughout their work.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780691129891 9781400824168
10.1515/9781400824168 doi
Constructivism (Philosophy).
Liberty--Philosophy.
Liberty--Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY--Political.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Feminist Theory.--Feminism &
Sex role--Political aspects.
Sex role--Political aspects.
Social classes--Political aspects.
Women's rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory.