Men in political theory [electronic resource] / Terrell Carver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carver, Terrell.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Masculinity--Political aspects.

Masculinity.

Sex role--Political aspects.

Sex role.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Published exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Men in Political Theory"" builds on feminist re-readings of the traditional canon of male writers in political philosophy by turning the ""gender lens"" on to the representation of men in widely studied texts. It explains the distinction between ""man"" as an apparently de-gendered ""individual"" or ""citizen"" and ""man"" as an overtly gendered being in human society. The ten chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Marx and Engels show the operation of the ""gender lens"" in different ways, depending on how each philosopher deploys concepts of m

Contents:

9780719059131; 9780719059131; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Plato: men/womenand order/disorder in The Republic; CHAPTER THREE Jesus: masculinity and the 'son of man'; CHAPTER FOUR Augustine: confessing like a man; CHAPTER FIVE Machiavelli: discourses on masculinities; CHAPTER SIX Hobbes: materialism,mechanism, masculinity; CHAPTER SEVEN Locke: overtly and covertly genderednarratives of political society; CHAPTER EIGHT Rousseau: fantasising men; CHAPTER NINE Marx: (non)critique of thegender categories; CHAPTER TEN Engels: men behaving naturally; Conclusion

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-261) and index.

ISBN:

1-84779-364-9

OCLC:

818847149