Feminist Theory in Pursuit of the Public [electronic resource] : Women and the “Re-Privatization” of Labor /
Goodman, R.author.
Feminist Theory in Pursuit of the Public argues that feminism needs to develop a theory of the public. It responds to a moment when feminism's impetus to reconstitute the private sphere left a huge gap in its political thinking on the public. This inattention to the public is particularly worrisome now when the nation-state and its publics seem to have diminishing power and compromised democratic agency. The waning of power in the public sphere diminishes the influence that citizens can have in deciding on the conditions of life, and therefore minimizes the changes that feminists can envision or enact in the social field to work towards equality, access, deliberation, participation, just distribution, rights, and authority for women.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Feminism and the retreat from the public -- The Habermasian public sphere : women's work within the critique of instrumental reason -- Beirut fragments : the crumbling public sphere, language privatization, and the reprivatization of women's work -- Adorno faces feminism : interiority, or modern power and the liquidation of private life -- Baghdad burning : Cyborg meets the negative.
Feminist Theory in Pursuit of the Public argues that feminism needs to develop a theory of the public. It responds to a moment when feminism's impetus to reconstitute the private sphere left a huge gap in its political thinking on the public. This inattention to the public is particularly worrisome now when the nation-state and its publics seem to have diminishing power and compromised democratic agency. The waning of power in the public sphere diminishes the influence that citizens can have in deciding on the conditions of life, and therefore minimizes the changes that feminists can envision or enact in the social field to work towards equality, access, deliberation, participation, just distribution, rights, and authority for women.
Sociology.
Gender identity in education.
Social policy.
Educational sociology.
Education—Philosophy.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Gender Studies.
Gender and Education.
Social Policy.
Sociology of Education.
Educational Philosophy.
Educational Policy and Politics.