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Carole Pateman is a British political theorist and feminist scholar known for her contributions to democratic theory and feminist political thought. She has taught at the University of Sydney and the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a past president of the American Political Science Association.
Known for: The Sexual Contract
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The Sexual Contract
In this influential work of feminist political theory, Carole Pateman challenges the traditional social contract theories of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau by exposing their implicit patriarchal assumptions. She argues that the 'sexual contract' underlies the social contract, institutionalizing male dominance and female subordination in modern civil society. The book reinterprets the foundations of political obligation, citizenship, and individual rights through a feminist lens, reshaping debates about gender and power.
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Critique of the Social Contract Tradition
The heart of my critique lies in confronting the foundational thinkers of modern political thought—Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau—and revealing how their vision of social order rests upon a silent agreement among men. Each of these theorists proclaims a revolution against patriarchal authority in its c...
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The Original Contract and Patriarchal Right
To understand what I mean by the sexual contract, we must return to the ‘original contract’ itself—the mythical act that brings society into being. Traditional political theory tells us that this contract transforms natural inequality into civil equality, replacing the arbitrary power of the father ...
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About Carole Pateman
Carole Pateman is a British political theorist and feminist scholar known for her contributions to democratic theory and feminist political thought. She has taught at the University of Sydney and the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a past president of the American Political Science Ass...
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Carole Pateman is a British political theorist and feminist scholar known for her contributions to democratic theory and feminist political thought. She has taught at the University of Sydney and the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a past president of the American Political Science Ass...
Carole Pateman is a British political theorist and feminist scholar known for her contributions to democratic theory and feminist political thought. She has taught at the University of Sydney and the University of California, Los Angeles, and is a past president of the American Political Science Association. Her works, including 'The Sexual Contract' and 'The Problem of Political Obligation,' have been highly influential in contemporary political philosophy.
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