Registration ends 07.4.2026 at 23:59 h

This lecture-based class introduces feminist philosophical approaches to thinking the social and political world. It entails, first, an exploration of feminist engagements with, appropriations from, and critiques of the modern, western canon of social and political philosophy – including the ways it has thought justice, equality, the social contract, freedom and rights. Here the focus is primarily on feminist and queer engagements with liberal social and political thought, which is itself shown to be a highly heterogeneous enterprise. In the second part of the seminar, students address feminist contributions to social and political philosophy that break with or move beyond liberal traditions.

Students will engage work by Susan Okin, Mary Wollstonecraft, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor, Nancy Fraser, Angela Davis, Emma Goldman, Judith Butler and others.

• Gain an understanding of feminist critiques of and contributions to social and political philosophy
• Critically engage with feminist thinking around key concepts within social and political philosophy, including ideas of justice, equality, freedom and rights
• Explore a range of liberal and non-liberal approaches to feminist philosophy

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