Valerie Bryson

Feminist Political Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

Feminist theory is a challenging and often deeply divided body of thought that raises issues which affect us all. In this, her third edition of the highly successful Feminist Political Theory, Valerie Bryson provides both a wide-ranging history of Western feminist thought, from medieval times to the present day, and a lucid analysis of contemporary feminist politics and debates. Fully updated to cover the latest feminist scholarship throughout, this timely new edition provides an accessible and thought-provoking exploration of complex theories related to 'real-life' issues such as sexual violence, political representation, transgender rights, cyberfeminism and globalisation. With unrivalled scope, depth and accessibility, this new edition of Valerie Bryson's Feminist Political Theory is set to be the go-to text on feminism for students and researchers - or indeed anyone interested in gender justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education
• 3rd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 563g
• ISBN-13: 9781137439048
• ISBN-10: 1137439041
• Artikelnr.: 44788424

Autorenporträt

Valerie Bryson is Emerita Professor of Politics at Huddersfield University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction A (Partial) History of Feminist Political Theory Different
Kinds of Feminism Feminist Political Theory Past and Present PART I: EARLY
FEMINIST THOUGHT Seventeenth century feminism in Continental Europe and
Britain Early British feminism and the ideas of Mary Astell The
Enlightenment and early liberal feminism Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication
of the Rights of Woman The utopian socialists and feminism Wheeler and
Thompson's Appeal On Behalf of Women PART II: LIBERALISM AND BEYOND:
MAINSTREAM FEMINISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Feminism in the United
States: Maria Stewart and Elizabeth Cady Stanton Evangelical Christianity
and the Temperance and Anti-slavery Movements The Seneca Falls Convention
The Analysis of Sexual and Personal Oppression Education, Religion and the
Woman's Bible Class, Race and Racism Stanton's Feminism Feminism in Britain
and Mill's The Subjection of Women The Spread of Feminist Ideas John Stuart
Mill's The Subjection of Women PART III:THE CONTRIBUTION OF MARX AND ENGELS
Classic Marxist theory Engels' The Origin of the Family, Private Property
and the State Feminist criticisms of Engels Marxism as a (Problematic)
Feminist Resource Production and Reproduction Ideology and Alienation The
Limitations of Political and Legal Reform PART IV: THE VOTE AND AFTER:
MAINSTREAM FEMINISM IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN FROM THE LATE
NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE SECOND WORLD WAR The Situation of Women in the
Late Nineteenth Century The Suffrage Campaign Equality or Difference?
Anti-democratic and Racist Strands in the Suffrage Campaign Socialism,
Black Feminism and the Suffrage Campaign Christabel Pankhurst After the
Vote: the Re-emergence of Contradictions Equal Rights v. Welfare Feminism
in the United States Equal Rights v. Welfare Feminism in Britain Birth
Control Beyond Equality v. Welfare PART V:LEFT WING FEMINISM IN BRITAIN AND
THE UNITED STATES Britain Sylvia Pankhurst The United States Charlotte
Perkins Gilman Emma Goldman's Anarchist Feminism American Communism and
Women, White and Black PART VI: MARXIST FEMINISM IN GERMANY AND RUSSIA
Marxist Feminism in Germany Bebel's Woman Under Socialism Clara Zetkin
Marxist Feminism in Russia Early Russian Feminism Orthodox Marxist Feminism
in Russia The Ideas of Alexandra Kollantai PART VII: FEMINISM AFTER THE
SECOND WORLD WAR The Situation of Western Women in the Mid-twentieth
Century Communism and Developments in Black Feminism Simone de Beauvoir and
The Second Sex Existentialism Applied to Women Feminist Responses to The
Second Sex De Beauvoir's Life and Influence PART VIII: LIBERALISM AND
BEYOND: FEMINISM AND EQUAL RIGHTS FROM THE 1960s Betty Friedan and the
Politics of NOW Subsequent Developments From 'Backlash' to 'Power Feminism'
Susan Okin and a Feminist Theory of Justice Equal Rights Feminism: Critical
Analysis and Debate Equality The State, Capitalism and Men The
Public/Private Distinction Individualism and Individual Rights Reason,
Knowledge and Ethical Thought Feminism, Equal Rights and Liberalism by the
End of the Twentieth Century PART IX: RADICAL FEMINISM AND THE CONCEPT OF
PATRIARCHY The Origins of Radical Feminism Kate Millett and the Theory of
Patriarchy Criticisms of the Concept of Patriarchy Politics and Personal
Life A Merely Descriptive Approach? An Over-generalised and a-historical
Account? Women Good, Men Bad: an Essentialist View of Sex Difference? The
Concept of Patriarchy by the End of the Twentieth Century PART X: RADICAL
FEMINISM: PATRIARCHY IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE Patriarchy and the Family
Psychoanalytic Theory: Parenting and the Acquisition of Sexual Identity
Domestic Labour Domestic Violence and Emotional Exploitation Patriarchy,
Sexuality and Sexual Violence The Attack on Heterosexuality Sexual Violence
and Pornography Patriarchy and Reproduction Reproductive Technology
Mothering and Eco-feminism Patriarchy and the State Patriarchy and the
Economic System Patriarchy, 'man-made language' and Knowledge Conclusions:
the Impact of Radical Feminism PART XI: MARXIST AND SOCIALIST FEMINISM FROM
THE 1960s Political and Ideological Context The Domestic Labour Debate
Women and the Labour Market Two Systems or One? 'Dual systems' v.
'capitalist patriarchy' The Material Basis Revisited Alienation Feminist
Standpoint Theory Ideology, the Family and 'structures of oppression' The
'cultural turn' Socialist Feminist Strategies Socialist and Marxist
Feminism by the End of the Twentieth Century PART XII: THEORETICAL
DEVELOPMENTS: POSTMODERN FEMINISMS AND BEYOND 12. Theoretical Developments:
Postmodern Feminisms and Beyond Postmodernism: Knowledge, Language, Power
and Identity 'French feminism' Judith Butler Gender, Sex and Performativity
The 'doer' Behind the 'deed' Queer Theory Feminist Applications of
Postmodern Theory Beyond Equality v. Difference Debates The 'doing' and
Undoing of Gender: Gender Roles, the State and Pornography Feminist
Criticisms of Postmodernism Postmodern Feminism and Earlier Feminist
Thought Empty Gestures? An End to Feminist Politics? Postmodernism and
Feminism: into the Twenty First Century PART XIII: THEORETICAL
DEVELOPMENTS: POSTCOLONIAL FEMINISM, BLACK FEMINISM AND INTERSECTIONALITY
Postcolonial Feminism Western Feminist Responses Black Feminism Between
Gender and Race: the Marginalisation of Black Women Black Women: from
Margin to Centre Intersectionality Black Feminism: Critical Debates
Twenty-first Century Developments in Black Feminist Thought
Intersectionality Developments and Debates Conclusions PART XIV: WESTERN
FEMINIST THEORY IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY: DEVELOPMENTS IN LIBERAL AND
SOCIALIST THOUGHT Liberalism and Feminism: Theoretical Developments Care
and the Human Condition Rights and Capabilities The Limits of Toleration
and the Nature of 'choice' Developments in Socialist and Marxist Feminist
Thought Critiques of Global Capitalism Care and Capitalism PART XV: WESTERN
FEMINISM IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY: CONTINUITIES, CHALLENGES AND CHANGE
The Context of Twenty First Century Feminism Counting the Waves The Third
Wave: Everyone Welcome, Come as You Please! The Fourth Wave: Getting Angry
Again Feminists in Cyberspace Cyberfeminism Feminism Goes Online
Cybersexism and Other Problems Transgender/Transsexual Issues Terminology
and History Feminist Responses Unpacking the Debate Implications for
Feminist Politics Conclusions: Feminist Political Theory Today