In the company of others : perspectives on community, family, and culture / edited by Nancy E. Snow.

Contributor(s): Snow, Nancy E [editor]
Language: English Series: Studies in social, political, and legal philosophyPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., c1996Description: xx, 227 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0847681440 (alk. paper); 0847681459 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Communities -- Philosophy | Culture -- Philosophy | Families -- Philosophy | Social structure | Feminist theoryDDC classification: 306.01 LOC classification: B105.C46 | I5 1996
Contents:
Preface -- Part I: Community. Two concepts of community / Andrew Mason ; Community, diversity, and confucianism / David B. Wong -- Part II: Family. Philosophers against the family / Christina Hoff Sommers ; Injustice in families : assault and domination / Sara Ruddick ; On care and justice within the family / David B. Wong -- Part III: Culture. Shaping feminist culture / Virginia Held ; Of mothers and families, men and sex : the truth about feminism / Marilyn Friedman ; Procreative liberty : beyond liberal, radical, and cultural feminist assessments / Rosemarie Tong ; Longing for home : an ecofeminist philosophical perspective / Karen J. Warren ; Cross-cultural ecologies : the expatriate experience, the multiculturalism issue, and philosophy / A. Pablo Iannone.
Summary: Political and public debate recently has centred on issues of community, family and culture. Presenting traditional and non-traditional approaches, the essays in this text challenge and refine thinking on issues of contemporary social and political importance.
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Includes index

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215)

Preface --
Part I: Community. Two concepts of community / Andrew Mason ; Community, diversity, and confucianism / David B. Wong --
Part II: Family. Philosophers against the family / Christina Hoff Sommers ; Injustice in families : assault and domination / Sara Ruddick ; On care and justice within the family / David B. Wong --
Part III: Culture. Shaping feminist culture / Virginia Held ; Of mothers and families, men and sex : the truth about feminism / Marilyn Friedman ; Procreative liberty : beyond liberal, radical, and cultural feminist assessments / Rosemarie Tong ; Longing for home : an ecofeminist philosophical perspective / Karen J. Warren ; Cross-cultural ecologies : the expatriate experience, the multiculturalism issue, and philosophy / A. Pablo Iannone.

Political and public debate recently has centred on issues of community, family and culture. Presenting traditional and non-traditional approaches, the essays in this text challenge and refine thinking on issues of contemporary social and political importance.

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