Hirschmann The Subject of Liberty

Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2536-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten

Nancy J. Hirschmann is Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Rethinking Obligation: A Feminist Method for Political Theory and coeditor of Revisioning the Political: Feminist Reconstructions of Traditional Concepts in Western Political Theory and Women and Welfare: Theory and Practice in the United States and Europe.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hirschmann, Nancy J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1

A MasculinistTheory of Freedom? 3

Freedom as Political, Not Philosophical 14

Feminism and Freedom 23

Defining Feminism 30

Why Not Autonomy? 35

CHAPTER TWO: The Social Construction of Freedom in Historical Perspective 40

Locke: An Educated Freedom 41

Rousseau: A "Well-Regulated "Freedom 48

Kant: An Intelligible Freedom 55

Mill: A Utilitarian Freedom 62

Conclusion: A Masculinist Freedom 70

CHAPTER THREE: Feminism and Freedom: The Social Construction Paradox 75

Social Construction and Political Theory 77

Discourse and Reality 85

The Social Construction of Freedom 93

The Paradox of Social Construction 98

CHAPTER FOUR: Internal and External Restraint: The Case of Battered Women 103

Battering in Context 108

The Thin (Black and)Blue Line: Institutional Contexts 113

Constructing Violence 121

Reconstructing Freedom 131

CHAPTER FIVE: Welfare as a Problem for Freedom Theory 138

Women's Freedom and Discourses of Welfare 140

Freedom Theory and Conservative Discourse 146

The Social Construction of Welfare Subjects 154

Freedom, Care, and Welfare Rights 158

CHAPTER SIX: Eastern Veiling, Western Freedom? 170

"The Veil" as Discursive and Social Symbolization 175

Autonomy and Freedom in Contexts of Community 185

Feminism and Freedom: Cross-Cultural Possibilities 192

CHAPTER SEVEN: Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom 199

Changing Contexts: The Contribution of Foucault 206

The Politics of Freedom 217

Changing Contexts: The Role of Equality 222

Constructing Feminist Freedom 233

Notes 239

Name Index 279

Subject Index 285

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy J. Hirschmann is Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Rethinking Obligation: A Feminist Method for Political Theory and coeditor of Revisioning the Political: Feminist Reconstructions of Traditional Concepts in Western Political Theory and Women and Welfare: Theory and Practice in the United States and Europe.