Women in Western Political Thought

Bibliographic Data

ID10694700
AuthorsSusan Moller Okin (corresponding author), Naomi Scheman (0000-0001-7519-6093)
Year2013
Publication date2013-04-21
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueWomen in Western Political Thought (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPrinceton University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2307/j.ctt24hq74
OpenAlexW2085457654
ISBN9781400846832
LanguageEN
Citations received246

Introduction to the 2013 Edition ix Acknowledgements xix Introduction 3 PART I. PLATO 1. Plato and the Greek Tradition of Misogyny 15 2. Philosopher Queens and Private Wives 28 3. Female Nature and Social Structure 51 PART II. ARISTOTLE 4. Woman's Place and Nature in a Functionalist World 73 PART III. ROUSSEAU 5. Rosseau and the Modern Patriarchal Tradition 99 6. The Natural Woman and Her Role 106 7. Equality and Freedom - for Men 140 8. The Fate of Rosseau's Heroines 167 PART IV. MILL 9. John Stuart Mill, Liberal Feminist 197 PART V. FUNCTIONALISM, FEMINISM AND THE FAMILY 10. Women and Functionalism, Past and Present 233 11. Persons, Women, and the Law 247 12. Conclusions 274 Appendix to Chapter 2 305 Afterword to the 1992 edition 309 Notes 341 Bibliography 387 Index 399

Contemporary philosophy · Epistemology · Feminism · Functionalism (philosophy of mind) · General interest · Mill · Natural law · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Theory and Influence