Origin Stories in Political Thought : Discourses on Gender, Power, and Citizenship /

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"Joanne H. Wright's Origins Stories in Political Thought examines Plato's Timaeus, Hobbe's story of the state of nature and the social contract, and early Second Wave feminist stories about the beginnings of patriarchal social relations. Using a historically sensitive, feminist m...

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Main Author: Wright, Joanne H. (Joanne Harriet), 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pateman, Carole. > Sexual contract.
Hobbes, Thomas, > 1588-1679. > Leviathan.
Plato. > Timaeus.
Timaeus (Plato)
Leviathan (Hobbes, Thomas)
Filosofische aspecten.
Oorsprong.
Staat (politicologie)
Geschichte
Politische Philosophie
State, The > Origin.
Social contract.
Political science > Philosophy.
Patriarchy.
Nature and civilization.
Feminist theory.
Fall of man.
Patriarchy > Philosophy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Theorie feministe.
Patriarcat (Sociologie)
Nature et civilisation.
Chute de l'homme.
Contrat social.
Patriarcat (Sociologie) > Philosophie.
État > Origines.
Science politique > Philosophie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The origins imperative in political theory : an introduction
  • The birth of philosophy : Plato's creation politics
  • Hobbes and the discourse on origins
  • Gender in Hobbes's origin story : the case for original maternal dominion
  • Pateman's sexual contract : an origin story of her own
  • Getting to the root of patriarchy : radical feminism's quest for origins
  • Conclusion.

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