Woman: History and Critique of a Polemical Concept

by Paola Rudan

The book follows the movements of the concept of "woman" from the Early modern to the post-colonial age, through the words of women who challenged its patriarchal definition. The concept of "woman" is doubly polemical. It affirms sexual difference as political difference, while denying the universal character of modern political concepts which represent the unity of the political and social order, exposing its fundamental division. At the same time,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004680403
• ISBN13: 9789004680401
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.