The Subject of Liberty : : Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom / / Nancy J. Hirschmann.
This book reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women's real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. Nancy Hirschmann argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy severely reduces the concept'...
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Hirschmann, Nancy J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Subject of Liberty : Toward a Feminist Theory of Freedom / Nancy J. Hirschmann. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009] ©2003 1 online resource (312 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter One. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter Two. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF FREEDOM IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Chapter Three. FEMINISM AND FREEDOM: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION PARADOX -- Chapter Four. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESTRAINT: THE CASE OF BATTERED WOMEN -- Chapter Five. WELFARE AS A PROBLEM FOR FREEDOM THEORY -- Chapter Six. EASTERN VEILING, WESTERN FREEDOM? -- Chapter Seven. TOWARD A FEMINIST THEORY OF FREEDOM -- NOTES -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star This book reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women's real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. Nancy Hirschmann argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy severely reduces the concept's complexity, which is more fully revealed by taking such practical issues into account. Hirschmann begins by arguing that the dominant Western understanding of freedom does not provide a conceptual vocabulary for accurately characterizing women's experiences. Often, free choice is assumed when women are in fact coerced--as when a battered woman who stays with her abuser out of fear or economic necessity is said to make this choice because it must not be so bad--and coercion is assumed when free choices are made--such as when Westerners assume that all veiled women are oppressed, even though many Islamic women view veiling as an important symbol of cultural identity. Understanding the contexts in which choices arise and are made is central to understanding that freedom is socially constructed through systems of power such as patriarchy, capitalism, and race privilege. Social norms, practices, and language set the conditions within which choices are made, determine what options are available, and shape our individual subjectivity, desires, and self-understandings. Attending to the ways in which contexts construct us as "subjects" of liberty, Hirschmann argues, provides a firmer empirical and theoretical footing for understanding what freedom means and entails politically, intellectually, and socially. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Feminism. Liberty. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 print 9780691096254 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400825363 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400825363 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400825363.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Chapter One. INTRODUCTION -- Chapter Two. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF FREEDOM IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Chapter Three. FEMINISM AND FREEDOM: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION PARADOX -- Chapter Four. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESTRAINT: THE CASE OF BATTERED WOMEN -- Chapter Five. WELFARE AS A PROBLEM FOR FREEDOM THEORY -- Chapter Six. EASTERN VEILING, WESTERN FREEDOM? -- Chapter Seven. TOWARD A FEMINIST THEORY OF FREEDOM -- NOTES -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX |
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