LEADER 04048nam 22006734a 450 001 9910465247203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-15751-5 010 $a1-4008-2536-9 010 $a9786612157516 010 $a0-691-09624-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400825363 035 $a(CKB)2560000000324399 035 $a(EBL)457823 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000253187 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239869 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000253187 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10186516 035 $a(PQKB)11156377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457823 035 $a(OCoLC)436044758 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36219 035 $a(DE-B1597)446451 035 $a(OCoLC)1054877332 035 $a(OCoLC)979578174 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400825363 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457823 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312450 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215751 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000324399 100 $a20020601d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe subject of liberty$b[electronic resource] $etoward a feminist theory of freedom /$fNancy J. Hirschmann 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, NJ $cPrinceton University Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-09625-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tChapter One. INTRODUCTION -- $tChapter Two. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF FREEDOM IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- $tChapter Three. FEMINISM AND FREEDOM: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION PARADOX -- $tChapter Four. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESTRAINT: THE CASE OF BATTERED WOMEN -- $tChapter Five. WELFARE AS A PROBLEM FOR FREEDOM THEORY -- $tChapter Six. EASTERN VEILING, WESTERN FREEDOM? -- $tChapter Seven. TOWARD A FEMINIST THEORY OF FREEDOM -- $tNOTES -- $tNAME INDEX -- $tSUBJECT INDEX 330 $aThis book reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women's real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. Nancy Hirschmann argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy severely reduces the concept's complexity, which is more fully revealed by taking such practical issues into account. Hirschmann begins by arguing that the dominant Western understanding of freedom does not provide a conceptual vocabulary for accurately characterizing women's experiences. Often, free choice is assumed when women are in fact coerced--as when a battered woman who stays with her abuser out of fear or economic necessity is said to make this choice because it must not be so bad--and coercion is assumed when free choices are made--such as when Westerners assume that all veiled women are oppressed, even though many Islamic women view veiling as an important symbol of cultural identity. Understanding the contexts in which choices arise and are made is central to understanding that freedom is socially constructed through systems of power such as patriarchy, capitalism, and race privilege. Social norms, practices, and language set the conditions within which choices are made, determine what options are available, and shape our individual subjectivity, desires, and self-understandings. Attending to the ways in which contexts construct us as "subjects" of liberty, Hirschmann argues, provides a firmer empirical and theoretical footing for understanding what freedom means and entails politically, intellectually, and socially. 606 $aLiberty 606 $aFeminism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiberty. 615 0$aFeminism. 676 $a305.42 700 $aHirschmann$b Nancy J$0999360 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465247203321 996 $aThe subject of liberty$92376275 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00901nam0-2200289 --450 001 9910586897603321 005 20220831160046.0 010 $a978-88-09-76851-2$bGiunti 020 $aIT$b2012-32 100 $a20220831d2018----kmuy0itay5050 ba 101 1 $aita 102 $aIT 105 $a 001yy 200 1 $a<>modo di essere$ei pił recenti pensieri dell'autore su una concezione di vita centrata-sulla-persona$fCarl R. Rogers 210 $aFirenze$cGiunti Psychometrics$d2018 215 $a382 p.$d22 cm 225 1 $aPsicoanalisi e civiltą contemporanea 300 $aTraduzione di Mauro Bonacci. 610 0 $aPsicoterapia 700 1$aRogers,$bCarl Ransom$0159981 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gREICAT$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a9910586897603321 952 $a150.3314 ROGCR 01$b2021/1940$fFLFBC 959 $aFLFBC 996 $aModo di essere$9270467 997 $aUNINA