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Toward a Feminist Theory of the State

Toward a Feminist Theory of the State

by Catherine A. Mackinnon (Author)

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    Paperback 1991

    $37.36
Synopsis

Presents the author's analysis of politics, sexuality and the law from the perspective of women. Using the debate over Marxism and feminism as a point of departure, MacKinnon develops a theory of gender centred on sexual subordination and applies it to the State. The result is a critique of inequality and a transformative vision of a direction for social change.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 350
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 04 Sep 1991
ISBN 10: 0674896467
ISBN 13: 9780674896468
Book Overview: Looking at the female and male halves of the world equally transforms everything--and Toward a Feminist Theory of the State makes that clear with scholarship, courage, and wit. By exposing and correcting the patriarchal values underlying nationalism and justice, Catharine MacKinnon causes an earthquake of thinking that rearranges every part of our intellectual landscape. This book is a must read. -- Gloria Steinem

Media Reviews
The single most important book in the new jurisprudence...It is, in my opinion, the only book in legal theory produced in the twentieth century which can rank with H. L. A. Hart's The Concept of Law (1961). Both change the framework arid transform the paradigm of the theoretical debate. All discourse within the framework of liberal legal theory has had to place itself in relationship to the ideas and theories of Hart. All feminist legal theory, likewise, must place itself in reference to the writings of MacKinnon. Her work, however, is much more significant than that of Hart, because her perspective has the potential of social revolution. Canadian Bar Review [MacKinnon] convincingly links sexuality and violence. But what I value in this book is the leap of faith to a search for practical remedies for women's situation. -- Naomi Black Toronto Globe and Mail
Author Bio
Catharine A. MacKinnon is Elizabeth A. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School.