Public Man,private Woman

Focusing on the Western philosophical tradition and the work of contemporary feminists, Jean Elshtain explores the general tendency to assert the primacy of the public world--the political sphere dominated by men--and to denigrate the private world--the familial sphere dominated by women. She offers her own positive reconstruction of the public and the private in a feminist theory that reaffirms the importance of the family and envisions an ethical polity.Elshtain, Jean Bethke is the author of 'Public Man,private Woman' with ISBN 9780691022062 and ISBN 0691022062.