Gender, class, and freedom in modern political theory

Hirschmann, Nancy J. (Author).

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ISBN: 0691129894 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0691129886 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780691129891 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780691129884 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: x, 342 p. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-330) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Gender, Class, and Freedom in Modern Political Theory -- Negative and Positive Liberty in the Western Canon -- The Social Construction of Freedom -- The Gender Politics of Freedom -- Ch. 1. Thomas Hobbes: Desire and Rationality -- The Will to Freedom -- Freedom and Obligation: From Choice to Contract -- Warrior Women, Invisible Wives -- Natural Freedom, Civil Contract -- The Social Construction of Freedom -- The Containment of Difference -- Ch. 2. John Locke: Freedom, Reason, and the Education of Citizen-Subjects -- The Role of Reason -- Nature versus Nurture: The Role of Education -- The Gendered Property of Freedom -- Consent, Choice, and a Two-Tiered Conception of Freedom -- The Construction of Individuality, the Discipline of Freedom -- Ch. 3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Force, Freedom, and Family -- Rousseau's Three Kinds of Freedom -- Politics and the Will -- Education, Will, and the Social Construction of Citizens -- Gender, Education, and Virtue -- Julie, or The Woman as Model Citizen -- Gender, Passion, and Politics -- Ch. 4. Immanuel Kant: The Inner World of Freedom -- Transcendence and Phenomena -- Ethics and Politics -- Class, Education, and Social Construction -- Sexual Constructions -- Ch. 5. John Stuart Mill: Utility, Democracy, Equality -- The "Two Mills" -- Internal and External Realms -- The Will to Utility -- Democracy, Class, and Gender -- The Class of Education -- Politics, Participation, and Power -- Conclusion: Rethinking Freedom in the Canon -- Freedom in Its Two Forms -- Gender, Class, and Berlin's Typology -- The Social Construction of Freedom.