ISBN:
041558468X
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9780415584685
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 187 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge innovations in political theory 38
Series Statement:
Routledge Innovations in Political Theory Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Autonomy and Identity
DDC:
305.4201
Keywords:
Feminism Political aspects
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Feminist theory
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Feminism - Political aspects
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Autonomy and Identity are key concepts in both political and feminist thought and have played central roles in both fields. Although there has been much academic work on both concepts there has arguably been little that has addressed the connections between autonomy and identity. Autonomy and Identity seeks to draw innovative links between these concepts in order to develop a new understanding which sees autonomy as a process by which we change and develop our identity. It draws on thinkers from the canon of political thought such as G.W.F. Hegel, Mary Wollstonecraft, J.S. Mill and Simone de B
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Autonomy and Identity: The politics of who we are; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Constraining the individual: liberalism and autonomy; Introduction; Individuality and other liberal values; Creative individuality; Constraints; Conclusion; 2. The social character of the autonomous agent; Introduction; The inner self; From self-recognition to the recognition of others; Recognition and community; Conclusion; 3. Mary Wollstonecraft and the politics of self-control; Introduction; Women's identity; Individuals and relationships with others; Nature; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
4. Leaving the nether world: women, autonomy and recognition in Hegel's thoughtIntroduction; Women's identity in Hegel; Hegel's property process; Recognition; Conclusion; 5. John Stuart Mill and the limits on individuality; Introduction; Human progress; Autonomy and relationships with others; Women's identity and marriage; Nature; Conclusion; 6. Freedom and other people: from matter to mind to other people matter in de Beauvoir's thought; Introduction; Matter: the body-burdened life of woman; Mind; Other people matter; Conclusion; Conclusion; Autonomy and identity; Five themes
Description / Table of Contents:
Towards a richer concept of autonomyNotes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-181) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
