Rational woman : a feminist critique of dichotomy /

Rational woman : a feminist critique of dichotomy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Prokhovnik, Raia.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 197 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge innovations in political theory Routledge innovations in political theory.
Subject:	Dualism. Reason. Emotions. Feminist theory. Dualism. Emotions. Feminist theory. Reason.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11114950

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ISBN:	0203159470 9780203159477 0415146186 9780415146180 0203024486 9780203024485 1280331879 9781280331879 9786610331871 6610331871
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-191) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The author challenges the tradition of dualism and argues that Rational Woman need no longer be a contradiction in terms. She explores this in the context of recent feminist theory and practice, arguing that a new wave of feminism is emerging.
Other form:	Print version: Prokhovnik, Raia. Rational woman. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999 0415146186
Standard no.:	ebc165079

Table of Contents:

Preface
Preface to the second edition
Introduction
Dichotomy
Reason and emotion
Sex and gender
Rational woman
1. Dichotomy: from the dichotomous either/or to the relational both-and
The features of dichotomy
Problems with dichotomy
An alternative to dichotomy
2. Reason and emotion
The links between reason and emotion in theorising
The social construction of emotion
Conclusion
3. Sex and gender: beyond the sex/gender dichotomy to corporeal subjectivity
The (recent) history of sex and gender
The critique of sex and gender
Towards 'corporeal subjectivity'
4. Conclusion: the third wave - the future of feminism
The end of the second wave
The future of feminism: the third wave
Bibliography
Index