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

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 polity."

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Jean Bethke Elshtain

Summary

Focusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, this title 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Elshtain, Jean Bethke Elshtain
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.1993
• EAN: 9780691024769
• ISBN: 978-0-691-02476-9
• No. of pages: 412
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 579 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education