Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls

Abbey, Ruth (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0271061804 / ISBN 13: 9780271061801

Published by Penn State University Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0271061804
• ISBN 13: 9780271061801
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

In Feminist Interpretations of John Rawls, Ruth Abbey collects eight essays responding to the work of John Rawls from a feminist perspective. An impressive introduction by the editor provides a chronological overview of English-language feminist engagements with Rawls from his Theory of Justice onward. Abbey surveys the range of issues canvassed by feminist readers of Rawls, as well as critics’ wide disagreement about the value of Rawls’s corpus for feminist purposes. The eight essays that follow testify to the continuing ambivalence among feminist readers of Rawls. From the perspectives of political theory and moral, social, and political philosophy, the contributors address particular aspects of Rawls’s work and apply it to a variety of worldly practices relating to gender inequality and the family, to the construction of disability, to justice in everyday relationships, and to human rights on an international level. The overall effect is to give a sense of the broad spectrum of possible feminist critical responses to Rawls, ranging from rejection to adoption.

Aside from the editor, the contributors are Amy R. Baehr, Eileen Hunt Botting, Elizabeth Brake, Clare Chambers, Nancy J. Hirschmann, Anthony Simon Laden, Janice Richardson, and Lisa H. Schwartzman.

About the Author

Ruth Abbey is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame.