European University Institute Library

Women in Western political thought, Susan Moller Okin ; with a new introduction by Debra Satz

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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non fiction

Women in Western political thought

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Susan Moller Okin ; with a new introduction by Debra Satz

I. Plato -- Plato and the Greek tradition of Misogyny -- Philosopher queens and private wives -- Female nature and social structure -- II. Aristotle -- Woman's place and nature in a functionalist world -- III. Rousseau -- Rousseau and the modern patriarchal tradition -- The natural woman and her role -- Equality and freedom--for men -- The fate of Rousseau's heroines -- IV. Mill -- John Stuart Mill, liberal feminist -- V. Functionalism, feminism and the family -- Women and functionalism, past and present -- Persons, women and the law -- Conclusions