Subject of Liberty
This book reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women''s real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. Nancy Hirschmann argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy severely reduces the concept''s complexity, which is more fully revealed by taking such practical issues into account.
Hirschmann begins ...
This book reconsiders the dominant Western understandings of freedom through the lens of women''s real-life experiences of domestic violence, welfare, and Islamic veiling. Nancy Hirschmann argues that the typical approach to freedom found in political philosophy severely reduces the concept''s complexity, which is more fully revealed by taking such practical issues into account.
Hirschmann begins ...
