LEADER 03649nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910461560903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-59972-3 010 $a9786613629562 010 $a0-231-51948-6 024 7 $a10.7312/schw14722 035 $a(CKB)2670000000187149 035 $a(EBL)908746 035 $a(OCoLC)826476137 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908746 035 $a(DE-B1597)459307 035 $a(OCoLC)1002222172 035 $a(OCoLC)787845118 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231519489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908746 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10538294 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL362956 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000187149 100 $a20090109d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOn civic friendship$b[electronic resource] $eincluding women in the state /$fSibyl A. Schwarzenbach 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (361 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-231-14723-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Metaphor and theory change -- The forgotten category of ethical reproduction -- The liberal production model -- The socialist turn : missing faculties -- The possibility of a modern civic friendship -- Women, democracy, and the U.S. Constitution -- The state of feminist theory -- Looking outward : beyond the national security state. 330 $aWomen have performed the vast majority of often unpaid friendship labor for centuries. Embodying the freedom, equality, and ideals of the Constitution, civic friendship emerges as a necessary condition for genuine justice. Through a critical examination of social and political relationships from ancient times to today, Sibyl Schwarzenbach develops a truly innovative, feminist theory of the democratic state. Beginning with an analysis of Aristotle's notion of political friendship, Schwarzenbach brings the philosopher's insights to bear on the social and political requirements of the modern state. She elaborates a conception of civic friendship that, with its ethical reproductive praxis, functions differently from male-centered notions of fraternity and, with its female participants, remains fundamentally separate from generalized, male-inflected claims of Marxist solidarity. Schwarzenbach also distinguishes civic friendship from feminist calls for public care, arguing that friendship, unlike care, not only is reciprocal but also seeks to establish and maintain equality. Schwarzenbach concludes with various public institutions-economic, legal, and social-that can promote civic friendship without sacrificing crucial liberties. In fact, women's entrance into the public sphere en masse makes such ideals realistic within a competitive, individualistic society. 606 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zUnited States 606 $aWomen's rights$zUnited States 606 $aFeminist theory$zUnited States 606 $aLiberalism$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xPolitical activity 615 0$aWomen's rights 615 0$aFeminist theory 615 0$aLiberalism 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.973082 700 $aSchwarzenbach$b Sibyl A$01048263 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461560903321 996 $aOn civic friendship$92488819 997 $aUNINA