Meditations on Modern Political Thought - Masculine-Feminine Themes from Luther to Arendt

Review "This book is a selective survey of political thought since the Reformation from a feminist perspective. It includes chapters on Luther, Kant, 19th-century American feminists, and Freud, as well as two especially provocative chapters juxtaposing Rousseau and Mary Wollstonecraft, and Hegel and Jane Addams. In the tradition of the best feminist political theory, this brief book goes far beyond simply lamenting the sexism of male authors, and uses the perspective of gender to gain new insights into the most important and enduring debates (including freedom versus necessity, materialist versus rationalist ontololgies, and private versus public conceptions of human identity). The book concludes with an anlysis of Hannnah Arendt and a plea for a nurturing, nonmarital conception of citizenship and community. Written primarily for informed undergraduates, this book contains important insights that deserve the attention of graduate students and professionals in the field." -- Choice