Women, Militarism, and War: Essays in History, Politics, and Social Theory

by Jean Bethke Elshtain The Laura Spelman Rockeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, Unive, Sheila Tobias

Overview

This valuable collection examines closely the construction of male and female identity around the theme of collective violence. Why did such violence get "moralized" for men in the case of warfare-but not for women? Women, Militarism and War presents alternatives to both "business as usual" thinking and excessively utopian or naive feminist accounts. Contributors:Jane Bethke Elshtain, Sheila Tobias, Amy Swerdlow, Carol Cohn, Mary C. Segers, Linda K. Kerber, D'Ann Campbell, Kathleen Jones, Joyce Berkman, Cynthia Enloe, Janet Radcliffe Richards and Sara Ruddick.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780847674701
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	11/21/1989
Series:	New Feminist Perspectives
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.96(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Jean Elshtain is Centennial Professor, Political Science at Vanderbilt University.Sheila Tobias is affiliated with the political science departments at the University of Arizona, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Southern California.

Editorial Reviews

The essays are uniformly excellent, bringing the work of feminist scholars in a wide range of disciplines into dialog with each other.

Journal of Women's History

The essays are uniformly excellent, bringing the work of feminist scholars in a wide range of disciplines into dialog with each other.--Journal of Women's History

From the Publisher

The essays are uniformly excellent, bringing the work of feminist scholars in a wide range of disciplines into dialog with each other.

Journal Of Women's History