Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom Paperback - 2005
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 Paperback
- Edition First Printing
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
- Date 2005-10-03
- ISBN 9780226981345 / 0226981347
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 9.02 x 6.1 x 0.61 in (22.91 x 15.49 x 1.55 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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