Philosophy Faculty Publications
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
3-2007
Publication Source
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Abstract
In Challenging Liberalism: Feminism as Political Critique, Lisa Schwartzman brings her sharp interpretive and critical perspective to bear on the vexed relationship between feminism and liberal political philosophy. Noting (as have others before her) that the latter's central values -- such as autonomy, individual rights, and equality -- are both indispensable to and sometimes problematic for feminism, Schwartzman argues that these values must be reinterpreted in light of the insights gained from an alternative, non-liberal, and specifically feminist philosophical methodology. In this book, she explains why such an alternative methodology is needed, outlines some of its distinctive features, and compares it favorably to the assumptions and concomitant methodologies of both liberalism and feminist postmodernism.
ISBN/ISSN
1538-1617
Document Version
Published Version
Copyright
Copyright © 2007, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
Publisher
University of Notre Dame
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Whisnant, Rebecca, "Review: 'Challenging Liberalism: Feminism as Political Critique'" (2007). Philosophy Faculty Publications. 89.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/phl_fac_pub/89
Comments
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Book citation information: Lisa Schwarzman. Challenging Liberalism: Feminism as Political Critique. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006