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

by Jean Bethke Elshtain

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691024766

ISBN13:9780691024769

Release Date:March 1993

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.4" x 8.8"

Related Subjects

Activism Feminist Theory Gay & Lesbian Gender Studies History Nonfiction Political History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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