| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 297 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Re-reading the canon
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Re-reading the canon.
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| Summary |
"A collection of essays analyzing the seventeenth-century British political theorist Thomas Hobbes from a feminist perspective"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Hobbes, history, politics, and gender: a conversation with Carole Pateman and Quentin Skinner / Nancy J. Hirschmann and Joanne H. Wright -- pt. 1. Classic questions, new approaches. Power and sexual subordination in Hobbes's political theory / S.A. Lloyd ; Defending liberal feminism: insights from Hobbes / Jane S. Jaquette ; Hobbes and the bestial body of sovereignty / Su Fang Ng -- pt. 2. The gendered politics of gratitude, contract, and the family. Thomas Hobbes on the family and the state of nature / Gordon J. Schochet ; Gordon Schochet on Hobbes, gratitude, and women / Nancy J. Hirschmann -- pt. 3. Hobbes and his(torical) women. Margaret Cavendish and Thomas Hobbes on freedom, education, and women / Karen Detlefsen ; When is a contract theorist not a contract theorist? Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay as critics of Thomas Hobbes / Karen Green ; Catharine Macaulay's "loose remarks" on Hobbesian politics / Wendy Gunther-Canada -- pt. 4. Hobbes in the twenty-first century, or what has Hobbes done for you lately? Thomas Hobbes and the problem of fetal personhood / Joanne Boucher ; Choice talk, breast implants, and feminist consent theory: Hobbes's legacy in choice feminism / Joanne H. Wright ; Toward a Hobbesian theory of sexuality / Susanne Sreedhar. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
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Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. |
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Feminist theory.
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Feminist theory. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminist theory. |
| Added Author |
Hirschmann, Nancy J.
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Wright, Joanne H. (Joanne Harriet), 1966-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feminist interpretations of Thomas Hobbes. University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2012 9780271056357 (DLC) 2012028428 (OCoLC)800024886 |
| ISBN |
9780271061351 (electronic book) |
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0271061359 (electronic book) |
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9780271061313 (electronic book) |
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0271061316 (electronic book) |
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9780271061306 |
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0271061308 |
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9780271056357 |
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0271056355 |
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9780271056364 |
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0271056363 |
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