Conversations With Feminism

Penny A. Weiss offers a collection of essays that are either constructed dialogues, letters, or discussions about voice and silencing. Conversation emerges as both a theory and a method of feminist political inquiry and practice. The most vocal participants in Weiss' conversations are historical political thinkers both within the Western canon (Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Rousseau) and beyond its confines (Astell, Coopers, Wollstonecraft, de Pizan).

Preface

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1 Conversation as Method

1

(10)

2 "I'm Not a Feminist, But...": Popular Myths about Feminism

11

(18)

3 Toward Theories of Antifeminism: Judicial and Congressional Defenses of Sexual Differentiation

29

(22)

4 Plato's Republic I as Male Dialogue: A Case Study of Gender Exclusivity in Political Theory

51

(28)

5 Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Mary Wollstonecraft: A(live) Conversation

79

(38)

6 Asking Questions about Women: Comparing Feminist and Nonfeminist Political Theorists

117

(20)

7 Feminism and Communitarianism: Comparing Critiques of Liberalism

137

(30)

8 Reversals as a Way of Seeing

167

(16)

9 Remembering the Lady: A Letter to Abigail Adams

183

(26)

10 Thomas versus Hill: Rethinking My Commentary in Light of Writings by African American Feminists

209

(16)

11 (S)Mothering/Profess(or)ing: Talking to Myself

225

(14)

Index

239

(4)

About the Author

243

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Conversations With Feminism

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