Feminist Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes 978-0-271-05635-7, 0271056355, 978-0-271-05636-4, 0271056363
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Content: ContentsPreface Nancy TuanaAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Many Faces of "Mr. Hobs" Joanne H. Wright and Nancy J. Hirschmann1 Hobbes, History, Politics, and Gender: A Conversation with Carole Pateman and Quentin Skinner Conducted by Nancy J. Hirschmann and Joanne H. WrightPart 1 Classic Questions, New Approaches2 Power and Sexual Subordination in Hobbes's Political Theory S. A. Lloyd3 Defending Liberal Feminism: Insights from Hobbes Jane S. Jaquette4 Hobbes and the Bestial Body of Sovereignty Su Fang NgPart 2 The Gendered Politics of Gratitude, Contract, and the Family5 Thomas Hobbes on the Family and the State of Nature (1967) Gordon J. Schochet6 Gordon Schochet on Hobbes, Gratitude, and Women Nancy J. Hirschmann Part 3 Hobbes and His(torical) Women7 Margaret Cavendish and Thomas Hobbes on Freedom, Education, and Women Karen Detlefsen8 When Is a Contract Theorist Not a Contract Theorist? Mary Astell and Catharine Macaulay as Critics of Thomas Hobbes Karen Green9 Catharine Macaulay's "Loose Remarks" on Hobbesian Politics Wendy Gunther-CanadaPart 4 Hobbes in the Twenty-First Century, or What Has Hobbes Done for You Lately?10 Thomas Hobbes and the Problem of Fetal Personhood Joanne Boucher11 Choice Talk, Breast Implants, and Feminist Consent Theory: Hobbes's Legacy in Choice Feminism Joanne H. Wright12 Toward a Hobbesian Theory of Sexuality Susanne SreedharNotes on Contributors Index
