Maternal Thinking: Toward a Politics of PeaceA New York Times Notable Book of the Year 1989 Philosopher, mother, and feminist Sara Ruddick examines the discipline of mothering, showing for the first time how the day-to-day work of raising children gives rise to distinctive ways of thinking. |
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abstract abuse accept activity Adrienne Rich ahimsa antimilitarist attentive love Audre Lorde baby battle become believe birthgiving birthing labor bodily capacity caring labor Carol Gilligan Chapter chil child Christa Wolf commitment conception critical cultures damage danger death demands desire develop discipline distinctive dominant Dorothy Dinnerstein dren engage Evelyn Fox Keller experience fantasy Fathers fear feelings female bodies feminine feminism Feminist Standpoint fight Genevieve Lloyd giving birth human identify infant intellectual Jane Lazarre Jean Bethke Elshtain lives male masculine maternal nonviolence maternal peacefulness maternal practice maternal thinking means militarist military moral moth mothers Nancy Scheper-Hughes nature Nel Noddings Nonetheless nurturance pain particular passion peace politics peacemaking philosophers physical pleasure politics of resistance powerless preservative love protect reason requires responsibility Sara Ruddick sexual Simone Weil social soldiers speak stories strategies struggle suffering theory violence virtue vulnerable woman women women's politics York
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Globalization: Social Theory and Global Culture Professor Roland Robertson No preview available - 1992 |