Public Man, Private Woman Sonatas and evening gowns by Kate's

and evening gowns by Kate's favor

ISBN13: B000VDMX88 ISBN10: B000VDMX88 Material Type: hardcover

and describes the forces that shaped his career

and with the deadly cliches—not only of the pen

Public Man, Private Woman Sonatas and evening gowns by Kate'sFocusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, Jean Elshtain explores the general tendency to assert the primacy of the public worldthe political sphere dominated by menand to denigrate the private worldthe familial sphere dominated by women. She offers her own positive reconstruction of the public and the private in a feminist theory that reaffirms the importance of the family and envisions an "ethical