1st Edition

The Sceptical Feminist (RLE Feminist Theory) A Philosophical Enquiry

By Janet Richards Copyright 1980
320 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

A systematic and original study of feminist issues, The Sceptical Feminist fights a battle on two fronts: against the view that little or nothing is wrong with women’s position, and at the same time against much current feminist dogma. It is written by a philosopher who, in the tradition of John Stuart Mill’s classic The Subjection of Women , avoids the psychological and sociological... Read more

Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  1. The fruits of unreason  2. The proper place of nature  3. Enquiries for liberators  4. Sexual justice  5. The feminist and the feminine  6. Woman’s work  7. The unadorned feminist  8. Society and the fertile woman  9. Society and the mother  10. The unpersuaded.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index.

Biography

Janet Richards