{"product_id":"challenging-liberalism-9780271028545","title":"Challenging Liberalism","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In her clear and engaging book, Lisa Schwartzman argues that liberalism fails as a theory of justice because it fails to uncover and resist oppression. Drawing on the work of Catharine MacKinnon, Judith Butler, and Wendy Brown, she offers original, feminist critiques of Nussbaum, Rawls, Okin, and Dworkin. This book will be of interest to political philosophers from both liberal and feminist schools as well as legal theorists.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ann E. Cudd,University of Kansas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Feminists often criticize liberalism as too abstract and individualistic. Lisa Schwartzman argues, in her balanced evaluation, that the real problems are instead that liberalism has been covertly and concretely patriarchal and ignored the power structures of sexual politics. Seeking to separate what is valuable in liberalism from what is downright oppressive, she examines leading contemporary texts (Rawls, Dworkin) and their feminist critics (Jaggar) and defenders (O’Neill, Nussbaum), differentiating her critique also from postmodernists (Brown, Butler). Her original approach often evokes the response, ‘Of course!’ This is a stimulating text for a seminar or advanced undergraduate course. It deserves to be read by feminist philosophers and by scholars in women’s studies, political science, law, and sociology.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Claudia F. Card,University of Wisconsin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Part I \tA Feminist Critique of Liberalism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.\tIndividualism, Oppression, and Liberal Rights Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.\tAbstract Ideals and Social Inequality: Dworkin’s Equality of Resources\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.\tRawlsian Abstraction and the Social Position of Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II \tAbstraction, Ideals, and Feminist Methodologies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.\tIdealization, Abstraction, and the Use of Ideals in Feminist Critique\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.\tFeminism as an Alternative Methodology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart III\tFeminist Postmodernism: An Alternative to Liberalism?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.\tPoliticized Identity, Women’s Experience, and the Law\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.\tSpeech, Authority, and Social Context\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\t\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Toward a Feminist Approach to Political Theorizing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151086743895,"sku":"9780271028545","price":26.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780271028545.jpg?v=1762960090","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/challenging-liberalism-9780271028545","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}