عنوان

Sex, culture, and justice :

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027103503X

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0271053151

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0271054859

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027105607X

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9780271035031

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9780271053158

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9780271054858

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9780271056074

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0271033010

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0271033029

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9780271033013

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9780271033020

Number

b718872

Publisher's Number

MWT11645045

Title Proper

Sex, culture, and justice :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the limits of choice /

First Statement of Responsibility

Clare Chambers.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

University Park, Pa. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Pennsylvania State University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2008.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (x, 294 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction -- Creativity, cultural practice, and the body : Foucault and three problems with the liberal focus on choice -- Masculine domination, radical feminism, and change -- Social construction, normativity, and difference -- All must have prizes : the liberal case for interference in cultural practices -- Two orders of autonomy and political liberalism : breast implants versus female genital mutilation -- Paternalism and autonomy -- Liberal perfectionism and the autonomy of restricted lives -- Conclusion.

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Text of Note

Autonomy is fundamental to liberalism. But autonomous individuals often choose to do things that harm themselves or undermine their equality. In particular, women often choose to participate in practices of sexual inequality-cosmetic surgery, gendered patterns of work and childcare, makeup, restrictive clothing, or the sexual subordination required by membership in certain religious groups. In this book, Clare Chambers argues that this predicament poses a fundamental challenge to many existing liberal and multicultural theories that dominate contemporary political philosophy. Chambers argues that a theory of justice cannot ignore the influence of culture and the role it plays in shaping choices. If cultures shape choices, it is problematic to use those choices as the measure of the justice of the culture. Drawing upon feminist critiques of gender inequality and poststructuralist theories of social construction, she argues that we should accept some of the multicultural claims about the importance of culture in shaping our actions and identities, but that we should reach the opposite normative conclusion to that of multiculturalists and many liberals. Rather than using the idea of social construction to justify cultural respect or protection, we should use it to ground a critical stance toward cultural norms. The book presents radical proposals for state action to promote sexual and cultural justice.

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JSTOR

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt4gkhc

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22573/ctv14fz195

Title

Sex, culture, and justice.

International Standard Book Number

0271033010

Autonomy (Philosophy)

Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)-- Social aspects.

Feminist theory.

Human body-- Social aspects.

Liberalism-- Philosophy.

Sex role-- Philosophy.

Social norms.

Autonomy (Philosophy)

Feminist theory.

Human body-- Social aspects.

Liberalism-- Philosophy.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Conservatism & Liberalism.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.

Sex role-- Philosophy.

Social norms.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.

PHI-- 019000

POL-- 038000

POL-- 042020

POL042020

SOC-- 002010

SOC-- 022000

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Edition

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Book number

Chambers, Clare,1976-

Date of Transaction

20201208105601.0

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