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Public Man, Private Woman Women in Social and Political Thought

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Focusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, Jean Elshtain explores the general tendency to assert the primacy of the public world—the political sphere dominated by men—and to denigrate the private world—the familial sphere dominated by women. She offers he...

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Elshtain's book examined how Western political theory has treated men and women differently and called for a reevaluation of privatesphere work.

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The third book is a book by the late University of Chicago political theorist Jean Bethke Elshtain. Her book, Public Man, Private Woman, dives deeply into how Western political theorists... have thoug...

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Elshtain's book examined how Western political theory has treated men and women differently and called for a reevaluation of privatesphere work.

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The third book is a book by the late University of Chicago political theorist Jean Bethke Elshtain. Her book, Public Man, Private Woman, dives deeply into how Western political theorists... have thought about man and woman and public life and private life.

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