Parite! - Sexual Equality and the Crisis of French Universalism (Hardcover, New)

France today is in the throes of a crisis about whether to represent social differences within its political system and, if so, how. It is a crisis defined by the rhetoric of a universalism that takes the abstract individual to be the representative not only of citizens but also of the nation. In "Parite!" Joan Wallach Scott shows how the requirement for abstraction has led to the exclusion of women from French politics.
During the 1990s, "le mouvement pour la parite "successfully campaigned for women's inclusion in elective office with an argument that is unprecedented in the annals of feminism. The "paritaristes" insisted that if the abstract individual were thought of as sexed, then sexual difference would no longer be a relevant consideration in politics. Scott insists that this argument was neither essentialist nor separatist; it was not about women's special qualities or interests. Instead, "parite "was rigorously universalist--and for that reason was both misunderstood and a source of heated debate.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	December 2005
Authors:	Joan Wallach Scott
Dimensions:	236 x 161 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	184
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-74107-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-226-74107-9
Barcode:	9780226741079

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