Justice, Gender, and the Family

by Susan Moller Okin

Book Overview

In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to a major crisis over gender-related issues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465037038
• ISBN13: 9780465037032
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

One of the most influential books i've read

A great thought provoking and stimulating work of deconstructing the division of labor between the sexes. Includes sound arguments and should be a required text in college to expose more individuals to the harmful effects of inequality on women, children, and men.

A Rethinking of Justice

Okin is powerful because she extends considerations of justice and civic equality to women and the family in ways that classical and modern political philosphers have not. However, in doing so, she saves and extracts vital elements of these patriarchal theories and traditions to expose their radical potential.