Sibyl Ann Schwarzenbach is professor of philosophy at the City University of New York (Baruch College and the University Graduate Center). She is the author of many articles and the editor, with Patricia Smith, of Women and the United States Constitution: History, Interpretation, and Practice.

This book provides clear and thoughtful re-readings of the tradition from a feminist perspective and reincorporates a classical notion of civil society... recommended. Choice

• Preface: A Paradox of Democracy Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Metaphor and Theory Change Part I. The Past 2. The Forgotten Category of Ethical Reproduction 3. The Liberal Production Model 4. The Socialist Turn: Missing Faculties Part II. The Present 5. The Possibility of a Modern Civic Friendship 6. Women, Democracy, and the U.S. Constitution 7. The State of Feminist Theory 8. Looking Outward: Beyond the National Security State Notes Index

Sibyl Ann Schwarzenbach is professor of philosophy at the City University of New York (Baruch College and the University Graduate Center). She is the author of many articles and the editor, with Patricia Smith, of Women and the United States Constitution: History, Interpretation, and Practice.

This book provides clear and thoughtful re-readings of the tradition from a feminist perspective and reincorporates a classical notion of civil society... recommended. Choice

• Preface: A Paradox of Democracy Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Metaphor and Theory Change Part I. The Past 2. The Forgotten Category of Ethical Reproduction 3. The Liberal Production Model 4. The Socialist Turn: Missing Faculties Part II. The Present 5. The Possibility of a Modern Civic Friendship 6. Women, Democracy, and the U.S. Constitution 7. The State of Feminist Theory 8. Looking Outward: Beyond the National Security State Notes Index