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Relational Autonomy: Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self

By Catriona Mackenzie , Natalie Stoljar

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
9780195123333, 0195123336, 0195123344, 9780195123340, 9780195352603
Open Library ID
OL16965430M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (21939011 bytes)
Pages
328\327
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This collection of original essays explores the social and relational dimensions of individual autonomy. Rejecting the feminist charge that autonomy is inherently masculinist, the contributors draw on feminist critiques of autonomy to challenge and enrich contemporary philosophical debates about agency, identity, and moral responsibility. The essays analyze the complex ways in which oppression can impair an agent's capacity for autonomy, and investigate connections, neglected by standard accounts, between autonomy and other aspects of the agent, including self-conception, self-worth, memory, and the imagination.

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