| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 210 pages) |
| Contents |
Individualism, oppression, and liberal rights theory -- Abstract ideals and social inequality: Dworkin's equality of resources -- Rawlsian abstration and the social position of women -- Idealization, abstraction, and the use of ideals in feminist critiique -- Feminism as an alternative methodology -- Politicized identity, women's experience, and the law -- Speech, authority, and social context |
| Summary |
Questions about the relevance and value of various liberal concepts are at the heart of important debates among feminist philosophers and social theorists. Although many feminists invoke concepts such as rights, equality, autonomy, and freedom in arguments for liberation, some attempt to avoid them, noting that they can also reinforce and perpetuate oppressive social structures. In Challenging Liberalism Schwartzman explores the reasons why concepts such as rights and equality can sometimes reinforce oppression. She argues that certain forms of abstraction and individualism are central to liberal methodology and that these give rise to a number of problems. Drawing on the work of feminist moral, political, and legal theorists, she constructs an approach that employs these concepts, while viewing them from within a critique of social relations of power |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-204) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Feminist theory.
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Liberalism -- Philosophy
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Abstraction.
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Individualism.
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Feminist criticism.
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Feminist literary criticism.
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abstraction.
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individualism.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Conservatism & Liberalism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Feminist literary criticism
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Abstraction
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Feminist criticism
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Feminist theory
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Individualism
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Liberalism -- Philosophy
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Feminismus
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Liberalismus
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Gender & Ethnic Studies.
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Social Sciences.
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Gender Studies & Sexuality.
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Liberalismus.
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Individualismus.
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Feminismus.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0271030291 |
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9780271030296 |
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9780271054605 |
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0271054603 |
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0271028548 |
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9780271028545 |
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9780271052953 |
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0271052953 |
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