Argues that racially structured discrimination is the norm by using social contract theory.
Exploring classic Western social contract theory and European expansionism and racism over 500 years, the author seeks to demonstrate how this unacknowledged 'contract' has shaped a system of European global domination which is imposed on non-whites through ideological condition…
Introduction -- Thomas Hobbes: Sovereign Fathers -- John Locke: Patriarchal Trust -- Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Governing Mothers -- Immanuel Kant: The Feminine Multitude -- Conclusion: Hegel: Democracy and Difference. "This book investigates the problem of patriarchy in modern soc…
"This book investigates the problem of patriarchy in modern social contract theories by analyzing the concept of "sexual contract" from Thomas Hobbes to Immanuel Kant. It sheds light on both the genesis and the logic of patriarchal relations in modern culture"--
"This book investigates the problem of patriarchy in modern social contract theories by analyzing the concept of "sexual contract" from Thomas Hobbes to Immanuel Kant. It sheds light on both the genesis and the logic of patriarchal relations in modern culture"--
La 4e de couverture indique : "When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we justify political institutions to all of them? The idea of public reason--of a shared public standard, despite disagreement…
"When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we justify political institutions to all of them? The idea of public reason--of a shared public standard, despite disagreement--arose in the seventeenth and…
"When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we justify political institutions to all of them? The idea of public reason--of a shared public standard, despite disagreement--arose in the seventeenth and…
When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we justify political institutions to all of them? The idea of public reason―of a shared public standard, despite disagreement―arose in the seventeenth and ei…