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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780529703321

Autore

Wright Joanne H (Joanne Harriet), <1966->

Titolo

Origin stories in political thought : discourses on gender, power, and citizenship / / Joanne H. Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-281-99466-9

9786611994662

1-4426-7814-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KubiĭovychVolodymyr <1900->

StrukDanylo Husar <1940-1999.>

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Social contract

Fall of man

Nature and civilization

Political science - Philosophy

State, The - Origin

Patriarchy

Feminist theory

Electronic books.

Ukraine Encyclopedias

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The origins imperative in political theory : an introduction -- The birth of philosophy : Plato's creation politics -- Hobbes and the discourse on origins -- Gender in Hobbes's origin story : the case for original maternal dominion -- Pateman's sexual contract : an origin story of her own -- Getting to the root of patriarchy : radical feminism's quest for origins -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Joanne H. Wright's Origins Stories in Political Thought examines Plato's Timaeus, Hobbe's story of the state of nature and the social contract, and early Second Wave feminist stories about the beginnings of



patriarchal social relations. Using a historically sensitive, feminist methodology, Wright documents and deconstructs the tradition of telling origin stories in the larger history of political thought." "Although individual tales have been assessed in current scholarship, the motif of the origin story itself has, until now, escaped systematic analysis. With meticulous research and convincing conclusions, Origin Stories in Political Thought makes a valuable contribution to both feminist and political studies."--Jacket