{"product_id":"the-sexual-contract-paperback-softback-9780745604329","title":"The Sexual Contract (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745604329","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sexual Contract\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarole Pateman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745604329, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 June 1988\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.7 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.397 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCarole Pateman is one of the foremost political theorists writing in English today. In this outstanding new work, she presents a major reinterpretation of modern political theory. She shows how standard discussions of social contract theory tell only half the story. The sexual contract which establishes modern patriarchy and the political right of men over women is never mentioned. In a wide-ranging and scholarly discussion, Pateman examines the significance of the political fictions of the original contract and the slave contract. She also offers a sweeping challenge to conventional understandings - of both left and right - of actual contracts in everyday life: the marriage contract, the employment contract, the prostitution contract and the new surrogacy contract. By bringing a feminist perspective to bear on the contradictions and paradoxes surrounding women and contract and the relation between the sexes, she is able to shed new light on the fundamental problems of freedom and subordination. The Sexual Contract will become a classic text in the politics of gender and will be of major interest to students of social and political theory and philosophy, women's studies, sociology and jurisprudence.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface xiii 1 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContracting In 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Patriarchal Confusions 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Contract, the Individual and Slavery 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Genesis, Fathers and the Political Liberty of Sons 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Wives, Slaves and Wage Slaves 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Feminism and the Marriage Contract 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 What's Wrong with Prostitution? 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The End of the Story? 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 261\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453536858392,"sku":"9780745604329","price":17.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745604329.jpg?v=1785286033","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sexual-contract-paperback-softback-9780745604329","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}