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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786595303321

Titolo

Feminists read Habermas : gendering the subject of discourse / / edited and with an introduction by Johanna Meehan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-20428-8

0-203-09400-X

1-283-86125-9

1-136-20429-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 288 pages)

Collana

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory

Disciplina

305.42/01

305.4201

Soggetti

Critical theory

Feminist theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1995 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FEMINISTS READ HABERMAS Gendering the Subject of Discourse; Copyright; Feminists Read Habermas: Gendering the Subject of Discourse; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on the Text; Introduction; 1. What's Critical about Critical Theory?; 2. Critical Social Theory and Feminist Critiques: The Debate with Jürgen Habermas; 3. The Public and the Private Sphere: A Feminist Reconsideration; 4. Women and the ""Public Use of Reason""; 5. From Communicative Rationality to Communicative Thinking: A Basis for Feminist Theory and Practice; 6. Feminist Discourse/Practical Discourse

7. The Debate over Women and Moral Theory Revisited 8. Discourse in Different Voices; 9. Autonomy, Recognition, and Respect: Habermas, Benjamin, and Honneth; 10. Discourse Ethics and Feminist Dilemmas of Difference; 11. Toward a Model of Self-Identity: Habermas and Kristeva; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This important new collection considers Jurgen Habermas's discourse theory from a variety of feminist vantage points. Habermas's theory represents one of the most persuasive current formulations of moral and political notions of subjectivity and normativity. Feminist scholars



have been drawn to his work because it reflects a tradition of emancipatory political thinking rooted in the Enlightenment and engages with the normative aims of emancipatory social movements. The essays in Feminists Read Habermas analyze various aspects of Habermas's theory, ranging from his moral theory