Reproducing The World: Essays In Feminist Theory [1 ed.] 0813307600, 9780813307602

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Contents
Reproducing the World
State Power and Reproductive Freedom
Abstract Thought and Feminist Theory
The Tyranny of the Abstract:Structure, State, and Patriarchy
Redefining Revolution:Women and Socialism
Collective Pilgrimage:The Political Personal
Resolute Anticipation:Heidegger and Beckett
The Root of the Mandrake:Machiavelli and Manliness
The Art of Falling Upwards:Milton on Marriage
Hegel: Man, Physiology,and Fate
Learning to Win
Hegemony Theory andthe Reproduction of Patriarchy
Feminism as Passionate Scholarship
Political Ideology andPatriarchal Education
Ethics and Ideology in Health Care:A Feminist Perspective

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REPRODUCING THE

Essays in Feminist Theory

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In this collection of fifteen essays, most of which have not been previously published, Mary O'Brien elaborates, refines, and extends the theoretical breakthroughs of her earlier book, The Politics of Reproduction. O'Brien's work has been widely influential because of its emphasis on the biological experience; in particular. she explores the different effects of reproduction on male and female consciousness. Both new readers and followers of her earlier work will welcome these essays. Ranging widely over many topics of feminist concern, they exhibit O ·Brien's characteristic energy and spirit, as well as the breadth of her vision. Of special interest are her treatment of new re productive technologies. her continued and extended critique of patriarchy. and her application of feminist theory to the understanding of feminist issues of health and education.

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