ISBN:
9780415635141
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (305 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Feminists Read Habermas (RLE Feminist Theory) : Gendering the Subject of Discourse
DDC:
305.42/01
Keywords:
Critical theory
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Feminist theory
;
Habermas, Jürgen
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This important new collection considers Jurgen Habermas's discourse theory from a variety of feminist vantage points. Habermas's theory represents one of the most persuasive current formulations of moral and political notions of subjectivity and normativity. Feminist scholars have been drawn to his work because it reflects a tradition of emancipatory political thinking rooted in the Enlightenment and engages with the normative aims of emancipatory social movements. The essays in Feminists Read Habermas analyze various aspects of Habermas's theory, ranging from his moral theory to political iss
Description / Table of Contents:
FEMINISTS READ HABERMASGendering the Subject of Discourse; Copyright; Feminists Read Habermas: Gendering the Subject of Discourse; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; Introduction; 1. What's Critical about Critical Theory?; 2. Critical Social Theory and Feminist Critiques: The Debate with Jürgen Habermas; 3. The Public and the Private Sphere: A Feminist Reconsideration; 4. Women and the "Public Use of Reason"; 5. From Communicative Rationality to Communicative Thinking: A Basis for Feminist Theory and Practice; 6. Feminist Discourse/Practical Discourse
Description / Table of Contents:
7. The Debate over Women and Moral Theory Revisited8. Discourse in Different Voices; 9. Autonomy, Recognition, and Respect: Habermas, Benjamin, and Honneth; 10. Discourse Ethics and Feminist Dilemmas of Difference; 11. Toward a Model of Self-Identity: Habermas and Kristeva; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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