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Contents
Feminism as Political Philosophy | 3 |
Feminism and Womens Liberation | 5 |
Womens Liberation and Political Philosophy | 6 |
The Aims and Structure of This Book | 8 |
Four Conceptions of Womens Liberation | 10 |
Notes | 13 |
Political Philosophy and Human Nature | 15 |
Political Philosophy and Scientific Knowledge | 17 |
Notes | 163 |
Feminist Politics | 169 |
The Politics of Liberal Feminism | 173 |
The Liberal Feminist Analysis of Womens Oppression | 175 |
The Liberal Feminist Proposals for Social Change | 181 |
Problems with Liberal Feminist Politics | 185 |
Notes | 203 |
The Politics of Traditional Marxism | 207 |
Science Politics and Human Nature | 18 |
Human Nature and the Nature of Women | 21 |
Notes | 22 |
Feminist Theories of Human Nature | 25 |
Liberal Feminism and Human Nature | 27 |
Traditional Liberalism and Human Nature | 28 |
Liberal Political Theory | 33 |
Liberal Feminism and Womens Nature | 35 |
Problems for the Liberal Theory of Human Nature | 39 |
Conclusion | 47 |
Notes | 48 |
Traditional Marxism and Human Nature | 51 |
Marxism and Human Nature | 52 |
Marxist Political Theory | 59 |
Marxism and Womens Nature | 63 |
Problems for the Marxist Conception of Human Nature | 69 |
Notes | 79 |
Radical Feminism and Human Nature | 83 |
Radical Feminist Conceptions of Human Nature | 85 |
The Political Theory of Radical Feminism | 100 |
Problems with the Radical Feminist Conception of Human Nature | 105 |
Notes | 118 |
Socialist Feminism and Human Nature | 123 |
The Socialist Feminist Conception of Human Nature | 125 |
Toward a Political Economy of Sex and Gender | 133 |
Problems for Socialist Feminism | 148 |
The Traditional Marxist Analysis of Womens Oppression | 215 |
The Traditional Marxist Proposals for Social Change | 224 |
Problems in Traditional Marxist Politics | 229 |
Notes | 244 |
The Politics of Radical Feminism | 249 |
The Radical Feminist Analysis of Womens Oppression | 255 |
Radical Feminist Proposals for Social Change | 270 |
Problems with Radical Feminist Politics | 286 |
Notes | 297 |
The Politics of Socialist Feminism | 303 |
The Socialist Feminist Analysis of Womens Oppression | 307 |
The Socialist Feminist Proposals for Social Change | 317 |
Problems with Socialist Feminist Politics | 340 |
Notes | 346 |
Feminist Theories of Political Knowledge | 351 |
Feminist Politics and Epistemology Justifying Feminist Theory | 353 |
Liberal Feminism and the Elimination of Bias | 355 |
Traditional Marxism and the Science of the Proletariat | 358 |
Radical Feminism and the Upward Spiral | 364 |
Socialist Feminism and the Standpoint of Women | 369 |
The Standpoint of Women as a Condition for Theoretical Adequacy | 377 |
Identifying the Standpoint of Women | 385 |
Notes | 389 |
Index | 395 |
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