Public man, private woman : women in social and political thought

Elshtain, Jean Bethke 1941-2013 (Author).

Summary: 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."

Record details

ISBN: 9780691024769
ISBN: 0691024766
ISBN: 9780691215952
ISBN: 0691215952
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 390 pages)
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Computer data.
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, �1981

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:august.20 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-384) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface: On Thinking and Nastiness -- Introduction. Public and Private Imperatives -- Pt. I. Public and Private Images in Western Political Thought. Ch. 1. Politics Discovered and Celebrated: Plato and the Aristotelian Moment. Ch. 2. The Christian Challenge, Politics' Response: Early Christianity to Machiavelli. Ch. 3. Politics Sanctified and Subdued: Patriarchalism and the Liberal Tradition. Ch. 4. Politics and Social Transformation: Rousseau, Hegel, and Marx on the Public and the Private -- Pt. II. Contemporary Images of Public and Private: Toward a Critical Theory of Women and Politics. Ch. 5. Feminism's Search for Politics. Ch. 6. Toward a Critical Theory of Women and Politics: Reconstructing the Public and Private.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.