Feminist Interpretations Of Thomas Hobbes (re-reading The Canon)
by Nancy J. Hirschmann /
2012 / English / EPUB
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Feminist Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes
Feminist Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes features the
work of feminist scholars who are centrally engaged with Hobbes’s
ideas and texts and who view Hobbes as an important touchstone in
modern political thought. Bringing together scholars from the
disciplines of philosophy, history, political theory, and English
literature who embrace diverse theoretical and philosophical
approaches and a range of feminist perspectives, this
interdisciplinary collection aims to appeal to an audience of
Hobbes scholars and nonspecialists alike.
features the
work of feminist scholars who are centrally engaged with Hobbes’s
ideas and texts and who view Hobbes as an important touchstone in
modern political thought. Bringing together scholars from the
disciplines of philosophy, history, political theory, and English
literature who embrace diverse theoretical and philosophical
approaches and a range of feminist perspectives, this
interdisciplinary collection aims to appeal to an audience of
Hobbes scholars and nonspecialists alike.
As a theorist whose trademark is a compelling argument for
absolute sovereignty, Hobbes may seem initially to have little to
offer twenty-first-century feminist thought. Yet, as the
contributors to this collection demonstrate, Hobbesian political
thought provides fertile ground for feminist inquiry. Indeed, in
engaging Hobbes, feminist theory engages with what is perhaps the
clearest and most influential articulation of the foundational
concepts and ideas associated with modernity: freedom, equality,
human nature, authority, consent, coercion, political obligation,
and citizenship.
As a theorist whose trademark is a compelling argument for
absolute sovereignty, Hobbes may seem initially to have little to
offer twenty-first-century feminist thought. Yet, as the
contributors to this collection demonstrate, Hobbesian political
thought provides fertile ground for feminist inquiry. Indeed, in
engaging Hobbes, feminist theory engages with what is perhaps the
clearest and most influential articulation of the foundational
concepts and ideas associated with modernity: freedom, equality,
human nature, authority, consent, coercion, political obligation,
and citizenship.
Aside from the editors, the contributors are Joanne Boucher,
Karen Detlefsen, Karen Green, Wendy Gunther-Canada, Jane S.
Jaquette, S. A. Lloyd, Su Fang Ng, Carole Pateman, Gordon
Schochet, Quentin Skinner, and Susanne Sreedhar.
Aside from the editors, the contributors are Joanne Boucher,
Karen Detlefsen, Karen Green, Wendy Gunther-Canada, Jane S.
Jaquette, S. A. Lloyd, Su Fang Ng, Carole Pateman, Gordon
Schochet, Quentin Skinner, and Susanne Sreedhar.