Description
Book SynopsisPolitical and public debate recently has centred on issues of community, family and culture. Presenting traditional and non-traditional approaches, the essays in this text challenge and refine thinking on issues of contemporary social and political importance.
Trade ReviewIn a society which routinely debates "family values" and "diversity," this anthology offers some promising clarification and guidance. -- V. L. W. * Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy *
This volume will be of interest to philosophers and scholars concerned with a critique of the positions of some feminist thinkers on family, community, and culture. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Community Chapter 2 Two Concepts of Community Chapter 3 Community, Diversity, and Confucianism Part 4 Family Chapter 5 Philosophers against the Family Chapter 6 Injustice in Families: Assault and Domination Chapter 7 On Care and Justice within the Family Part 8 Culture Chapter 9 Shaping Feminist Culture Chapter 10 Of Mothers and Families, Men and Sex: The Truth about Feminism Chapter 11 Procreative Liberty: Beyond Liberal, Radical, and Cultural Feminist Assessments Chapter 12 Longing for Home: An Ecofeminist Philosophical Perspective Chapter 13 Cross-Cultural Ecologies: The Expatriate Experience, the Multiculturalism Issue, and Philosophy
