The Accidental Theorist: The Double Helix of Everyday Life- Book 1

by Patricia J. Thompson

The Accidental Theorist , first in a ?Hestia trilogy?, introduces the Hestian/Hermean Dual Systems Paradigm as a lens of analysis through which to view the private/public and the familial/political in feminist philosophy and theory. Tracing the split between the oikos and the polis in fifth century BCE Greece, Professor Thompson identifies two consistent orientations in human life: toward the homeplace _ symbolized by Hestia, and the marketplace _...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820457825
• ISBN13: 9780820457826
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 9.1"