The Play of Reason: From the Modern to the Postmodern

Linda Nicholson

Published by Cornell University Press 1999

The Play of Reason

From the Modern to the Postmodern

Linda Nicholson

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501729225

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About this book

This volume brings together for the first time the highly influential essays, many of them classics, of one of the most prominent scholars in social philosophy and feminist theory. These essays provide a compelling view of many of the major trends in...

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Linda Nicholson is Susan E. and William P. Stiritz Distinguished Professor of Women's Studies at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also the author of Gender and History: The Limits of Social Theory in the Age of the Family.

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These important essays would serve well to introduce graduate students to some key issues in political theory that emerged in the United States from 1980 to 1999. The historical insights are especially relevant for those engaged in the history of modern political thought and its connection to postmodern concerns... Certainly, political theorists will want to have this volume, as it offers ready access to the important contributions Linda Nicholson has made to political theory.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Modernity and the Problem of History
1. Women, Morality, and History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Feminism and Marx: Integrating Kinship with the Economic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. Feminist Theory: The Private and the Public Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
4. Interpreting "Gender" Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
5. The Myth of the Traditional Family Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
II. Postmodernism and the Problem of Connection
6. Social Criticism Without Philosophy: An Encounter Between Feminism and Postmodernism with Nancy Fraser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7. Bringing It All Back Home: Reason in the Twilight of Foundationalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
8. To Be or Not to Be: Charles Taylor and the Politics of Recognition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
9. Emotion in Postmodern Public Spaces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 192
Keywords: Philosophy; Gender Studies

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Published: September 5, 2018
ISBN: 9781501729225