Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom Hardcover - 2005 - 1st Edition
by Linda M. Zerilli
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In contemporary feminist theory, the betterment of society and the problem of feminine subjectivity persistently appear and reappear as the site that grounds all discussion on feminism. In Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom, Linda M. G. Zerilli argues that the persistence of this social- and subject-centered frame severely limits feminists' capacity to think imaginatively about the central problem of feminist theory and practice: a politics concerned with freedom.
Offering both a discussion of feminism in its postmodern context and a critique of contemporary theory, Zerilli here challenges feminists to move away from a theory-based approach, which focuses on securing or contesting "women" as an analytic category of feminism, to one rooted in political action and judgment. She revisits the democratic problem of exclusion from participation in common affairs, and elaborates a freedom-centered feminism as the political practice of beginning anew, world-building, and judging.
In a series of deeply textured readings, Zerilli draws on the political thought of Hannah Arendt to articulate a nonsovereign conception of political freedom and to explore a variety of feminist understandings of freedom in the twentieth century, including ones proposed by Judith Butler, Monique Wittig, and the Milan Women's Bookstore Collective. In so doing, Zerilli hopes to retrieve what Arendt called feminism's lost treasure: the original and radical claim to political freedom.
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- Title Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom
- Author Linda M. Zerilli
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press
- Date October 3, 2005
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226981338 / 0226981339
- Weight 0.86 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.14 x 0.81 in (23.67 x 15.60 x 2.06 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Feminist theory, Feminism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004028618
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.420
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