Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Modernity and the Problem of History
6. 1. Women, Morality, and History 17
7. 2. Feminism and Marx: Integrating Kinship with the Economic 29
8. 3. Feminist Theory: The Private and the Public 43
9. 4. Interpreting "Gender" 53
10. 5. The Myth of the Traditional Family 77
11. II. Postmodernism and the Problem of Connection
12. 6. Social Criticism Without Philosophy: An Encounter Between Feminism and Postmodernism 99
13. 7. Bringing It All Back Home: Reason in the Twilight of Foundationalism 117
14. 8. To Be or Not to Be: Charles Taylor and the Politics of Recognition 129
15. 9. Emotion in Postmodern Public Spaces 145
16. Notes 163
17. Index 177