Feminist Political Thought

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Feminist theorists have long argued that central concepts in political philosophy, such as justice or freedom, have ignored, obscured, and even justified women's subordination. In this course, we will explore the ways feminists have challenged traditional political thought in order to transform it. Questions will include: how does the public-private distinction shape what counts as political in the first place? What happens when reproduction and embodiment are treated as marginal to political life? How is women’s subordination related to the domination of the natural world? And who counts as a political subject to begin with? Along the way, we will also consider competing visions of what a feminist future looks like.