Women in Western Political Thought
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Women in Western Political Thought by Susan Moller Okin
Why hasn't real equality between the sexes resulted from the formal enfranchisement of women? Susan Moller Okin finds an answer to this question in the existing tradition of political theory, which requires the subordination of women. An exploration of the "functionalist" view of women in Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and John Stuart Mill, this work, originally published in 1979, is a feminist analysis of the major political philosophy of Western culture. Reissued here with a new afterword, it exposes deep-rooted assumptions about sex roles, family and society that continue to shape our lives.
Okin has written an engaging, serious, careful, and important work that raises the issues of women and politics in their most elemental and pertinent form.. A pioneering book. The New Republic
Susan Moller Okin is a professor of politics at Stanford University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691021911 |
| ISBN 10 | 0691021910 |
| Title | Women in Western Political Thought |
| Author | Susan Moller Okin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1979-12-21 |
| Number of pages | 424 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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