Feminist Political Theory

Sylvia Pankhurst.- The United States Charlotte Perkins Gilman.- Emma Goldman's Anarchist Feminism.- American Communism and Women, White and Black .- PART VI: MARXIST FEMINISM IN GERMANY AND RUSSIA.- Marxist Feminism in Germany.- Bebel's Woman Under Socialism Clara Zetkin.- Marxist Feminism in Russia.- Early Russian Feminism.- Orthodox Marxist Feminism in Russia.- The Ideas of Alexandra Kollantai.- PART VII: FEMINISM AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR.- The Situation of Western Women in the Mid-twentieth Century.- Communism and Developments in Black Feminism.- Simone de Beauvoir and The Second Sex.- Existentialism Applied to Women.- Feminist Responses to The Second Sex.- De Beauvoir's Life and Influence .- PART VIII: LIBERALISM AND BEYOND: FEMINISM AND EQUAL RIGHTS FROM THE 1960s.- Betty Friedan and the Politics of NOW .- Subsequent Developments.- From 'Backlash' to 'Power Feminism'.- Susan Okin and a Feminist Theory of Justice.- Equal Rights Feminism: Critical Analysis and Debate.- Equality .- The State, Capitalism and Men.- The Public/Private Distinction.- Individualism and Individual Rights.- Reason, Knowledge and Ethical Thought.- Feminism, Equal Rights and Liberalism by the End of the Twentieth Century.- PART IX: RADICAL FEMINISM AND THE CONCEPT OF PATRIARCHY.- The Origins of Radical Feminism.- Kate Millett and the Theory of Patriarchy.- Criticisms of the Concept of Patriarchy.- Politics and Personal Life.- A Merely Descriptive Approach?.- An Over-generalised and a-historical Account?.- Women Good, Men Bad: an Essentialist View of Sex Difference?.- The Concept of Patriarchy by the End of the Twentieth Century .- PART X: RADICAL FEMINISM: PATRIARCHY IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC LIFE.- Patriarchy and the Family.- Psychoanalytic Theory: Parenting and the Acquisition of Sexual Identity.- Domestic Labour.- Domestic Violence and Emotional Exploitation.- Patriarchy, Sexuality and Sexual Violence.- The Attack on Heterosexuality.- Sexual Violence and Pornography .- Patriarchy and Reproduction.- Reproductive Technology .- Mothering and Eco-feminism .- Patriarchy and the State.- Patriarchy and the Economic System.- Patriarchy, 'man-made language' and Knowledge.- Conclusions: the Impact of Radical Feminism .- PART XI: MARXIST AND SOCIALIST FEMINISM FROM THE 1960s .- Political and Ideological Context.- The Domestic Labour Debate .- Women and the Labour Market .- Two Systems or One? 'Dual systems' v. 'capitalist patriarchy' .- The Material Basis Revisited.- Alienation.- Feminist Standpoint Theory.- Ideology, the Family and 'structures of oppression' .- The 'cultural turn'.- Socialist Feminist Strategies.- Socialist and Marxist Feminism by the End of the Twentieth Century .- PART XII: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS: POSTMODERN FEMINISMS AND BEYOND.- 12. Theoretical Developments: Postmodern Feminisms and Beyond.- Postmodernism: Knowledge, Language, Power and Identity.- 'French feminism' Judith Butler.- Gender, Sex and Performativity.- The 'doer' Behind the 'deed'.- Queer Theory.- Feminist Applications of Postmodern Theory.- Beyond Equality v. Difference Debates.- The 'doing' and Undoing of Gender: Gender Roles, the State and Pornography.- Feminist Criticisms of Postmodernism.- Postmodern Feminism and Earlier Feminist Thought.- Empty Gestures?.- An End to Feminist Politics?.- Postmodernism and Feminism: into the Twenty First Century.- PART XIII: THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS: POSTCOLONIAL FEMINISM, BLACK FEMINISM AND INTERSECTIONALITY.- Postcolonial Feminism.- Western Feminist Responses.- Black Feminism.- Between Gender and Race: the Marginalisation of Black Women.- Black Women: from Margin to Centre.- Intersectionality.- Black Feminism: Critical Debates.- Twenty-first Century Developments in Black Feminist Thought.- Intersectionality.- Developments and Debates.- Conclusions .- PART XIV: WESTERN FEMINIST THEORY IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY: DEVELOPMENTS IN LIBERAL AND SOCIALIST THOUGHT.- Liberalism and Feminism: Theoretical Developments.- Care and the Human Condition.- Rights and Capabilities.- The Limits of Toleration and the Nature of 'choice'.- Developments in Socialist and Marxist Feminist Thought.- Critiques of Global Capitalism.- Care and Capitalism .- PART XV: WESTERN FEMINISM IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: CONTINUITIES, CHALLENGES AND CHANGE.- The Context of Twenty First Century Feminism.- Counting the Waves.- The Third Wave: Everyone Welcome, Come as You Please!.- The Fourth Wave: Getting Angry Again.- Feminists in Cyberspace.- Cyberfeminism.- Feminism Goes Online.- Cybersexism and Other Problems.- Transgender/Transsexual Issues.- Terminology and History.- Feminist Responses.- Unpacking the Debate.- Implications for Feminist Politics.- Conclusions: Feminist Political Theory Today