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...
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 de...
Schools of Thought brings together a cast of prominent scholars to assess, with unprecedented breadth and vigor, the intellectual revolution over the past quarter century in the social sciences. This collection of twenty essays stems from a 1997 conference that celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Social Science. The authors, who represent a wide range of disciplines, are all associated with the School's emphasis on interpretive social science, which rejects models from the hard sciences and opts instead for a humanistic...
Schools of Thought brings together a cast of prominent scholars to assess, with unprecedented breadth and vigor, the intellectual revol...
