ABSTRACT

This book examines in great detail the different aspects of dominant individualistic ideas about persons. It argues that an alternative conception of persons, favored by many feminist thinkers, is more complicated than is often thought but can be shown to be a reasonable and plausible conception.

chapter 1|16 pages

Autonomy

chapter 2|17 pages

Separateness

chapter 3|24 pages

The Critique of Separateness

chapter 4|22 pages

Being-in-Relation

chapter 5|25 pages

Examples of Being-in-Relation

chapter 6|19 pages

Love and Anger

chapter 7|25 pages

Knowledge: Separate or in-Relation?

chapter 8|29 pages

Power and Empowerment