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An edition of Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom (2005)

Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom (Women in Culture and Society)

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In contemporary feminist theory, the problem of feminine subjectivity persistently appears and reappears as the site that grounds all discussion of feminism. In Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom, Linda M. G. Zerilli argues that the persistence of this subject-centered frame severely limits feminists’ capacity to think imaginatively about the central problem of feminist theory and practice: a politics concerned with freedom.

Offering both a discussion of feminism in its postmodern context and a critique of contemporary theory, Zerilli here challenges feminists to move away from a theory-based approach, which focuses on securing or contesting "women" as an analytic category of feminism, to one rooted in political action and judgment. She revisits the democratic problem of exclusion from participation in common affairs and elaborates a freedom-centered feminism as the political practice of beginning anew, world-building, and judging.

In a series of case studies, Zerilli draws on the political thought of Hannah Arendt to articulate a nonsovereign conception of political freedom and to explore a variety of feminist understandings of freedom in the twentieth century, including ones proposed by Judith Butler, Monique Wittig, and the Milan Women’s Bookstore Collective. In so doing, Zerilli hopes to retrieve what Arendt called feminism’s lost treasure: the original and radical claim to political freedom.

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Cover of: Feminismus und der Abgrund der Freiheit
Feminismus und der Abgrund der Freiheit
2010, Turia + Kant
Paperback in German
Cover of: El feminismo y el abismo de la libertad
El feminismo y el abismo de la libertad
2008, Fondo de Cultura Econo mica
in Spanish - 1a ed. en espan ol.
Cover of: Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom
Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom
October 3, 2005, University Of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom (Women in Culture and Society)
Feminism and the Abyss of Freedom (Women in Culture and Society)
October 3, 2005, University Of Chicago Press
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HQ1154.Z435 2005

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Hardcover
Number of pages
272
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9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
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1 pounds

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OL9608574M
ISBN 10
0226981339
ISBN 13
9780226981338
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397239

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