Feminism as Critique: Essays on the Politics of Gender in Late-Capitalist Society - Paperback

by Seyla Benhabib (Author), Drucilla Cornell (Author)

This is an outstanding collection of essays which brings together for the first time the work of a group of writers well-known in the Marxist-feminist tradition. The essays range from Marx to Foucault and go beyond them to offer genuine advances in the way social and political life can be reconceptualized in the light of feminist critique.
This is an outstanding collection of essays which brings together for the first time the work of a group of writers well-known in the Marxist-feminist tradition. The essays range from Marx to Foucault and go beyond them to offer genuine advances in the way social and political life can be reconceptualized in the light of feminist critique.

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This outstanding collection of essays brings together for the first time the writings of a group of well-known figures in the Marxist-feminist tradition. The essays subject the work of significant thinkers in classic and contemporary social and political theory - from Marx to Foucault - to critical appraisal. More importantly, they go beyond the criticism to offer genuine advances in the way social and political life can be reconceptualized in the light of feminist critique. Contributions include Linda Nicholson on feminism and Marx; Nancy Fraser on a discourse ethic of solidarity; Iris Young on feminist critiques of moral and political theory; Judith Butler on Beauvoir, Wittig and Foucault.

Author Biography

Seyla Benhabib has authored Critique, Norm, and Utopia, and is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. She is author of