Revisioning the Political: Feminist Reconstructions of Traditional Concepts in Western Political Theory

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Feminist scholars have been remaking the landscape in political theory, and in this important book some of the most important feminist political theorists provide reconstructions of those concepts most central to the tradition of political philosophy. The goal is nothing less than the construction of a blueprint for a positive feminist theory.Many of these papers are completely new; others are extensions of important earlier work; two are reprints of classic papers. The result is a progress report on the continuing feminist project to re-envision traditional political theory. As such, it constitutes essential reading not only for feminist thinkers but also for traditional philosophers and political theorists, who will need to come to terms with these contemporary critiques and re-readings. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Introduction: Revision, Reconstruction, and the Challenge of the New Chapter 2 Community/Sexuality/Gender: Rethinking Power Chapter 3 Revisioning Freedom: Relationship, Context, and the Politics of Empowerment Chapter 4 What Is Authority's Gender? Chapter 5 Autonomy in the Light of Difference Chapter 6 Reconstructing Democracy Chapter 7 Care as a Political Concept Chapter 8 Rethinking Obligation for Feminism Chapter 9 Equalizing Privacy and Specifying Equality Chapter 10 Privacy at Home: The Twofold Problem Chapter 11 Privacy, Publicity, and Power: A Feminist Rethinking of the Public-Private Distinction Chapter 12 All the Comforts of Home: The Genealogy of Community Chapter 13 Reflections on Families in the Age of Murphy Brown: On Gender, Justice, and Sexuality About the Book About the Editors and Contributors Index