Joanne Boucher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3694548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanne Boucher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Boucher |
| SIGNATURE | BOUCHER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Winnipeg |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1781-9701 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
‘The Man Sterne, Strong, Bould . . . The Woman Weake, Fearfull, Faire’: Sir Thomas Smith’s Account of the Patriarchal Family
This article examines Sir Thomas Smith’s account of the nature of women and the patriarchal household in early modern England. It focuses on two texts, Dialogue on the Queen’s Marriage and De Republica Anglorum . They have markedly different theoretical emphases attributable to their divergent aims. The Dialogue is a direct intervention in the contentious political matter of Queen Elizabeth I’s marriage while De Republica attempts to precisely de…
The Role of Women in Hobbes's Economic Thought
This article examines the role of women in Hobbes's economic thought. First, I frame Hobbes's economic thought in relation to his philosophical materialism so as to underscore the extent to which Hobbes's materialism entails the insight that human beings are, by definition, productive, economic creatures. I then consider the implications of this in relation to the feminist possibilities of Hobbes's gender politics. I conclude that when deliberati…
Masculine Power? A Gendered Look at the Frontispiece of Hobbes's Leviathan
The frontispiece of Hobbes's Leviathan is justly renowned as a powerful visual advertisement for his political philosophy. Consequently, its rich imagery has been the subject of extensive scholarly commentary. Surprisingly, then, its gendered dimensions have received relatively limited attention. This essay explores this neglected facet of the frontispiece. I argue that the image initially appears to present a hypermasculine sovereign. However, u…
Betty Friedan y el pasado radical del feminismo liberal
Betty Friedan y el pasado radical del feminismo liberal
The Erotic Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
In this article I engage with recent scholarly commentary concerning the realm of human sexuality in the work of Thomas Hobbes. This has, perhaps unsurprisingly, been a neglected area of enquiry given the paucity of Hobbes's analysis of this aspect of the human passions. I argue that this new field of enquiry is to be welcomed as it allows us to explore and understand Hobbes as a fully erotic philosopher. Moreover, his erotic philosophy is best u…
Ultrasound: A Window to the Womb?: Obstetric Ultrasound and the Abortion Rights Debate
The Politics of Abortion and the Commodification of the Fetus
Joanne Boucher also explores technology and the body in the convergence of the technological, the ideological, and the commercial around images of the Boucher argues that photographic ultrasound images of fetal life have led to the construction of the fetus. The public appears as an entity that is autonomous from both the mother's body and the technology which has created the imagery; thus, both the maternal body and the fetus' technological embe…
Male Power and Contract Theory: Hobbes and Locke in Carole Pateman's The Sexual Contract
This article critically analyzes Carole Pateman's novel and provocative reading of social contract theory in her now-classic work, The Sexual Contract. Pateman posits the existence of a sexual contract prior to the social contract which she argues has been suppressed in the tradition of Western political thought. The article indicates some of the potential weaknesses with constructing a gendered critique of contract theory through the lens of a s…
Male Power and Contract Theory: Hobbes and Locke in Carole Pateman's The Sexual Contract
This article critically analyzes Carole Pateman's novel and provocative reading of social contract theory in her now-classic work, The Sexual Contract. Pateman posits the existence of a sexual contract prior to the social contract which she argues has been suppressed in the tradition of Western political thought. The article indicates some of the potential weaknesses with constructing a gendered critique of contract theory through the lens of a s…
The Politics of Abortion and the Commodification of the Fetus
Joanne Boucher also explores technology and the body in the convergence of the technological, the ideological, and the commercial around images of the Boucher argues that photographic ultrasound images of fetal life have led to the construction of the fetus. The public appears as an entity that is autonomous from both the mother's body and the technology which has created the imagery; thus, both the maternal body and the fetus' technological embe…
Masculine Power? A Gendered Look at the Frontispiece of Hobbes's Leviathan
The frontispiece of Hobbes's Leviathan is justly renowned as a powerful visual advertisement for his political philosophy. Consequently, its rich imagery has been the subject of extensive scholarly commentary. Surprisingly, then, its gendered dimensions have received relatively limited attention. This essay explores this neglected facet of the frontispiece. I argue that the image initially appears to present a hypermasculine sovereign. However, u…
Male Power and Contract Theory: Hobbes and Locke in Carole Pateman's The Sexual Contract
This article critically analyzes Carole Pateman's novel and provocative reading of social contract theory in her now-classic work, The Sexual Contract. Pateman posits the existence of a sexual contract prior to the social contract which she argues has been suppressed in the tradition of Western political thought. The article indicates some of the potential weaknesses with constructing a gendered critique of contract theory through the lens of a s…
Ultrasound: A Window to the Womb?: Obstetric Ultrasound and the Abortion Rights Debate
The Politics of Abortion and the Commodification of the Fetus
Joanne Boucher also explores technology and the body in the convergence of the technological, the ideological, and the commercial around images of the Boucher argues that photographic ultrasound images of fetal life have led to the construction of the fetus. The public appears as an entity that is autonomous from both the mother's body and the technology which has created the imagery; thus, both the maternal body and the fetus' technological embe…
The Erotic Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes
In this article I engage with recent scholarly commentary concerning the realm of human sexuality in the work of Thomas Hobbes. This has, perhaps unsurprisingly, been a neglected area of enquiry given the paucity of Hobbes's analysis of this aspect of the human passions. I argue that this new field of enquiry is to be welcomed as it allows us to explore and understand Hobbes as a fully erotic philosopher. Moreover, his erotic philosophy is best u…
Betty Friedan y el pasado radical del feminismo liberal
Betty Friedan y el pasado radical del feminismo liberal
Masculine Power? A Gendered Look at the Frontispiece of Hobbes's Leviathan
The frontispiece of Hobbes's Leviathan is justly renowned as a powerful visual advertisement for his political philosophy. Consequently, its rich imagery has been the subject of extensive scholarly commentary. Surprisingly, then, its gendered dimensions have received relatively limited attention. This essay explores this neglected facet of the frontispiece. I argue that the image initially appears to present a hypermasculine sovereign. However, u…
The Role of Women in Hobbes's Economic Thought
This article examines the role of women in Hobbes's economic thought. First, I frame Hobbes's economic thought in relation to his philosophical materialism so as to underscore the extent to which Hobbes's materialism entails the insight that human beings are, by definition, productive, economic creatures. I then consider the implications of this in relation to the feminist possibilities of Hobbes's gender politics. I conclude that when deliberati…
‘The Man Sterne, Strong, Bould . . . The Woman Weake, Fearfull, Faire’: Sir Thomas Smith’s Account of the Patriarchal Family
This article examines Sir Thomas Smith’s account of the nature of women and the patriarchal household in early modern England. It focuses on two texts, Dialogue on the Queen’s Marriage and De Republica Anglorum . They have markedly different theoretical emphases attributable to their divergent aims. The Dialogue is a direct intervention in the contentious political matter of Queen Elizabeth I’s marriage while De Republica attempts to precisely de…
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