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Seven Time and temporality in feminist political thought

Abstract

This chapter links recent feminist work on the multiple and fluid nature of human time to feminist rejections of dichotomy. It identifies the changing temporal assumptions that underlie feminist theory itself and the role of history in feminist politics. Revisiting Marx, Giddens, and Pierson, the discussion finds that changes in the material conditions in which people produce and reproduce are combining with the cumulative effects of small-scale changes in attitudes and behaviour both to open up the possibility of more egalitarian patterns of time use between women and men and to make current arrangements increasingly unviable. The result could be a paradigm shift in welfare policy to recognise the importance of the work traditionally done by women while seeking to share it with men.

Abstract

This chapter links recent feminist work on the multiple and fluid nature of human time to feminist rejections of dichotomy. It identifies the changing temporal assumptions that underlie feminist theory itself and the role of history in feminist politics. Revisiting Marx, Giddens, and Pierson, the discussion finds that changes in the material conditions in which people produce and reproduce are combining with the cumulative effects of small-scale changes in attitudes and behaviour both to open up the possibility of more egalitarian patterns of time use between women and men and to make current arrangements increasingly unviable. The result could be a paradigm shift in welfare policy to recognise the importance of the work traditionally done by women while seeking to share it with men.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. Acknowledgements vi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Time, politics and society: mainstream perspectives
  6. Time, temporality and political thought 9
  7. Time culture(s) and the social nature of time 23
  8. Time use in capitalist societies 35
  9. Feminist perspectives: reframing the issues
  10. Women and men in feminist political thought 51
  11. Public and private in feminist political thought 67
  12. Feminist politics and welfare states 83
  13. Towards a feminist politics of time
  14. Time and temporality in feminist political thought 99
  15. ‘Women’s time’ 121
  16. Women and time use in contemporary capitalist societies 145
  17. The time(s) we want and the time(s) we’ve got: political implications and conclusions 169
  18. References 187
  19. Index 215
Gender and the politics of time
This chapter is in the book Gender and the politics of time
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847422972-009

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. Acknowledgements vi
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Time, politics and society: mainstream perspectives
  6. Time, temporality and political thought 9
  7. Time culture(s) and the social nature of time 23
  8. Time use in capitalist societies 35
  9. Feminist perspectives: reframing the issues
  10. Women and men in feminist political thought 51
  11. Public and private in feminist political thought 67
  12. Feminist politics and welfare states 83
  13. Towards a feminist politics of time
  14. Time and temporality in feminist political thought 99
  15. ‘Women’s time’ 121
  16. Women and time use in contemporary capitalist societies 145
  17. The time(s) we want and the time(s) we’ve got: political implications and conclusions 169
  18. References 187
  19. Index 215
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