Women's rights as multicultural claims : reconfiguring gender and diversity in political philosophy / Monica Mookherjee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mookherjee, Monica.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's rights.

Minority women--Social conditions.

Minority women.

Indigenous women--Social conditions.

Indigenous women.

Feminism--Political aspects.

Feminism.

Multiculturalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 192 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book attempts to reconfigure feminism in a way that responds to cultural diversity. The author contends that a discourse of rights can be formulated and that this task is crucial to negotiating a balance between women's interests and multicultural claims.

Contents:

Beyond the liberal dilemma

rights as trumps, as recognition and as capability

The right to mediation

recognising the cultural particularity of interests and vulnerabilities

Plural autonomy

force, endorsement and cultural diversity

Ordering souls without intolerance

towards a constrained presumption for educational accommodation

Unveiling meditation and autonomy

women's rights as citizenship and reciprocity

Epilogue.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-186) and index.

ISBN:

0-7486-8793-9

0-7486-5255-8

1-282-05907-6

9786612059070

0-7486-3231-X

OCLC:

476252608