Signifying Woman: Culture and Chaos in Rousseau, Burke, and Mill

by Linda M. G. Zerilli

Overview

Woman has been defined in classic political theory as elusive yet dangerous, by her nature fundamentally destructive to public life. In the view of Linda M. G. Zerilli, however, gender relations shape the very grammar of citizenship. In deeply textured interpretations of Rousseau, Burke, and Mill, Zerilli recasts our understanding of woman as the agent of social chaos and makes a major advance for feminist political theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801429583
Publisher:	Cornell University Press
Publication date:	03/01/1994
Series:	Contestations
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)
Lexile:	1650L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Linda M. G. Zerilli is Associate Professor of Political Science and Associate Director of the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy at Rutgers University.

What People are Saying About This

Isaac Kramnick

In these thoughtful feminist re-readings of Rousseau, Mill, and especially of Burke, Zerilli offers fresh and suggestive insights into much studied texts. Hers is truly an important new voice in the conversation of political theory.

Editorial Reviews

"In these thoughtful feminist re-readings of Rousseau, Mill, and especially of Burke, Zerilli offers fresh and suggestive insights into much studied texts. Hers is truly an important new voice in the conversation of political theory."

Isaac Kramnick

"Signifying Woman is in many respects a benchmark in feminist political theory. What Zerilli sets out to do (and successfully does) is to argue that a feminist critical practice of reading texts in political theory is insufficient if confined to efforts to 'get woman' right."

Women and Politics - Kimberly F. Curtis

Signifying Woman is in many respects a benchmark in feminist political theory. What Zerilli sets out to do (and successfully does) is to argue that a feminist critical practice of reading texts in political theory is insufficient if confined to efforts to 'get woman' right.

--Kimberly F. Curtis, Duke University "Women and Politics"

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