Title Intersecting voices : dilemmas of gender, political philosophy, and policy / Iris Marion Young

Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (195 pages) Contents Gender as seriality, thinking about women as a social collective -- Asymmetrical reciprocity, on moral respect, wonder, and enlarged thought -- Communication and the other, beyond deliberative democracy -- Punishment, treatment, empowerment, three approaches to policy for pregnant addicts -- Reflections on families in the age of Murphy Brown, on justice, gender, and sexuality -- Mothers, citizenship, and independence, a critique of pure family values -- House and home, feminist variations on a theme Summary Iris Marion Young is known for her ability to connect theory to public policy and practical politics in ways easily understood by a wide range of readers. This collection of essays, which extends her work on feminist theory, explores questions such as the meaning of moral respect and the ways individuals relate to social collectives, together with timely issues like welfare reform, same-sex marriage, and drug treatment for pregnant women. One of the many goals of Intersecting Voices is to energize thinking in those areas where women and men are still deprived of social justice. Essays on the social theory of groups, communication across difference, alternative principles for family law, exclusion of single mothers from full citizenship, and the ambiguous value of home lead to questions important for rethinking policy. How can women be conceptualized as a single social collective when there are so many differences among them? What spaces of discourse are required for the full inclusion of women and cultural minorities in public discussion? Can the conceptual and practical link between self-sufficiency and citizenship that continues to relegate some people to second-class status be broken? How could legal institutions be formed to recognize the actual plurality of family forms? In formulating such questions and the answers to them, Young draws upon ideas from both Anglo-American and Continental philosophers, including Seyla Benhabib, Joshua Cohen, Luce Irigaray, Susan Okin, William Galston, Simone de Beauvoir, and Michel Foucault Analysis Black Hills Handler, Joel Honig, Bonnie Irigaray, Luce Jefferson, Thomas Kant, Immanuel Kemp, Jack Mohanty, Chandra Okin, Susan Plato Quayle, Dan autonomy battering relationships carceral system child care collective action confessional discourse dependent people domestic partnerships essentialism dilemma feminist groups freedom gift-giving group identities labor liberal individualism moral humility nationalism publicity reciprocal recognition safety self-sufficiency social contract Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-185) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd Subject Feminist theory. Sex role. sex role. 08.45 political philosophy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Feminist theory Sex role Social policy Feminismus Geschlechterrolle Politische Philosophie Sozialpolitik Soziologische Theorie Sekseverschillen. Feministische filosofie. Politieke theorie. Intersektionalitet. Feministisk teori. Socialpolitik -- könsroller -- feminism -- Förenta staterna -- 1900-talet -- 2000-talet. Genre. Rôle selon le sexe. Politique sociale. Philosophie politique. Théorie féministe. SUBJECT United States -- Social policy -- 1993- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006374 Subject United States États-Unis. Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780691216355 0691216355

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