Male Power and Contract Theory: Hobbes and Locke in Carole
Pateman's The Sexual Contract
2003 ◽
Vol 36
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pp. 23-38
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This article critically analyzes Carole Pateman's novel and provocative reading of social contract theory in her now-classic work, The Sexual Contract. Pateman posits the existence of a sexual contract prior to the social contract which she argues has been suppressed in the tradition of Western political thought. The article indicates some of the potential weaknesses with constructing a gendered critique of contract theory through the lens of a sexual contract. The author specifically focuses on Pateman's re-interpretation of the patriarchalism of Hobbes and Locke to make this case.
2018 ◽
Vol 18
(2)
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pp. 134-146
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2017 ◽
Vol 34
(1)
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pp. 1-19
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2018 ◽
Vol 63
(SpIssue)
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pp. 21-34
2019 ◽
Vol 39
(4)
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pp. 173-201
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