Revisioning the Political

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Revisioning the Political from the series Feminist Theory & Politics In this important book, thirteen leading feminist political theorists provide reconstructions of ^éhtral concepts in traditional Western political theory. Feminist scholars have been redrawing the landscape of political theory for over twenty-five years, but these essays aim to do more than offer feminist critiques of existing theories. Rather, they provide feminist visions of how political concepts can be reconstructed. Somé of these papers are completely new; others are extensions or reformulations of ongoing work. All seek to answer the question: If feminists maintain that existing theories are problematic and exclúsive in terms of gender, race, sexuality, and class, what kinds of theories should we put in their place? As such, this volume constitutes essential reading not only for feminist thinkers but alsó for traditional philosophers and political theorists, for whom this question presents a vitai... Tovább

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Revisioning the Political from the series Feminist Theory & Politics In this important book, thirteen leading feminist political theorists provide reconstructions of ^éhtral concepts in traditional Western political theory. Feminist scholars have been redrawing the landscape of political theory for over twenty-five years, but these essays aim to do more than offer feminist critiques of existing theories. Rather, they provide feminist visions of how political concepts can be reconstructed. Somé of these papers are completely new; others are extensions or reformulations of ongoing work. All seek to answer the question: If feminists maintain that existing theories are problematic and exclúsive in terms of gender, race, sexuality, and class, what kinds of theories should we put in their place? As such, this volume constitutes essential reading not only for feminist thinkers but alsó for traditional philosophers and political theorists, for whom this question presents a vitai methodological, intellectual, and political challenge. ? I B|h ; H Nancy J. Hirschmann is associate professor of government at Cornell University. She is author of Rethinking Obligation: A Feminist Meihod for Political Theory as well as papers on feminist theory, political concepts, and womén in the history of the Western canon. __o Christine Di Stefano is associate professor of political science at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is author of Configurations of Masculinity: A Feminist Perspéciivé on Modern Political Theory and papers on autonomy, feminist postmodernism, and gender in Westefn political thought. Vissza