The Play of Reason : From the Modern to the Postmodern / Linda Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, Linda, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postmodernism.

Feminist theory.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 179 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume brings together for the first time the highly influential essays, many of them classics, of one of the most prominent scholars in social philosophy and feminist theory. These essays provide a compelling view of many of the major trends in social theory over the past fifteen years-trends that Linda Nicholson herself helped to shape.The Play of Reason examines the legacies of modernity in contemporary political, social, and feminist thought and the unraveling of these legacies in postmodern times. Linda Nicholson first focuses on the tension in modern social theory between attempts to recognize change and diversity and struggles to capture such change in overarching frameworks of meaning and value. She illuminates the consequences of these conflicting tendencies in relation to Marxism, feminist theory, and classical liberal accounts of the family and the state. Nicholson then asks how theory and the resolution of difference are possible after such overarching frameworks are abandoned. She shows how a pragmatic understanding of theory answers widespread fears about relativism. The Play of Reason is a powerful demonstration of a politically engaged social theory.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I. Modernity and the Problem of History

1. Women, Morality, and History

2. Feminism and Marx: Integrating Kinship with the Economic

3. Feminist Theory: The Private and the Public

4. Interpreting "Gender"

5. The Myth of the Traditional Family

II. Postmodernism and the Problem of Connection

6. Social Criticism Without Philosophy: An Encounter Between Feminism and Postmodernism

7. Bringing It All Back Home: Reason in the Twilight of Foundationalism

8. To Be or Not to Be: Charles Taylor and the Politics of Recognition

9. Emotion in Postmodern Public Spaces

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-176) and index.

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ISBN:

9781501729225

1501729225

OCLC:

1132220525