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Autore |
Welch Shay |
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Titolo |
A theory of freedom : feminism and the social contract / / Shay Welch |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-73761-2 |
1-137-29502-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Collana |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Social Contract Theory and Social Freedom: Entering the Feminist Debate; 2 Defining the Domain: Freedom and Oppression in the Social Sphere; 3 Enhancing Social Freedom through the Values of Friendship; 4 May I Choose? Can I Choose? Oppression and Choice; 5 Blending Positive and Negative Liberty for the Social Group; 6 The Feminist Standoff: Reviving Consent for Individual Freedom; 7 Replacing Obligation with Commitment: A Responsible Voluntarism; 8 Moral Progress through Cooperative Social Critique |
9 Social Stability through Collectivity and Transparent TrustNotes; Works Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book offers a liberatory conception of individual freedom that uniquely responds to the problems of social oppression and demands of the interrelatedness insofar as it pertains specifically to the social domain of activity. |
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