Pateman, Carole; Grosz, Elizabeth

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• Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1. Introduction: the theoretical subversiveness of feminism Carole Pateman; Part I: The Challenge to Theory: 2. Feminism, philosophy and riddles without answers Moira Gatens; 3. Vanishing acts in social and political thought: tricks of the trade Beverly Thiele; 4. Ethics revisited: women and/in philosophy Rosi Braidotti; Part II: The Challenge to Liberalism: 5. Selfhood, war and masculinity Genevieve Lloyd; 6. Sex equality is not enough for feminism Merle Thornton; 7. Women and political rationality Janna Thompson; 8. Desire, consent and liberal theory Lenore Coltheart; Part III: The Challenge to Academia: 9. Philosophy, subjectivity and the body: Kristeva and Irigaray Elizabeth Gross; 10. Simone de Beauvoir: philosophy and/or the female body Catriona Mackenzie; 11. Women, domestic life and sociology Anna Yeatman; 12. Evidence and silence: feminism and the limits of history Judith Allen; 13. Conclusion: what is feminist theory? Elizabeth Gross; Bibliography

Pateman, Carole; Grosz, Elizabeth

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• Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1. Introduction: the theoretical subversiveness of feminism Carole Pateman; Part I: The Challenge to Theory: 2. Feminism, philosophy and riddles without answers Moira Gatens; 3. Vanishing acts in social and political thought: tricks of the trade Beverly Thiele; 4. Ethics revisited: women and/in philosophy Rosi Braidotti; Part II: The Challenge to Liberalism: 5. Selfhood, war and masculinity Genevieve Lloyd; 6. Sex equality is not enough for feminism Merle Thornton; 7. Women and political rationality Janna Thompson; 8. Desire, consent and liberal theory Lenore Coltheart; Part III: The Challenge to Academia: 9. Philosophy, subjectivity and the body: Kristeva and Irigaray Elizabeth Gross; 10. Simone de Beauvoir: philosophy and/or the female body Catriona Mackenzie; 11. Women, domestic life and sociology Anna Yeatman; 12. Evidence and silence: feminism and the limits of history Judith Allen; 13. Conclusion: what is feminist theory? Elizabeth Gross; Bibliography