Course Information & Syllabus
This course aims at acquainting the students with major schools in western feminist thought. It is designed to develop a critical perspective and enable them to question patriarchal assumptions of existing body of knowledge and integrate gender perspective in their education, research and its application.
Course Content
Unit 1 Liberal Feminism
- Liberal Feminism in 18th Century- Mary Wollstone Craft
- Liberal Feminism in 19th Century- J. S. Mill, Harriet Taylor Mill
- Liberal Feminism in 20th Century- Betty Friedan
Unit 2 Radical feminism
- Masculinity and Femininity
- Biological Motherhood
- Technological Motherhood
- Pornography
Unit 3 Marxist Feminism
- Family
- State
- Wages for Housework
Unit 4 Socialist Feminism
- Influence of Radical Feminism and Marxist Feminism
- Concept of Social Mothering
Reference Books
- Tong, Rosemarie (1989) Feminist Thought: A Comprehensive Introduction, Westview Press, San Francisco.
- Humm, Maggie ed. (1992) Feminism: A Reader, Harvester WheatsheafNY / London.
- Banks, Olive (1981) Faces of Feminism: A Study of Feminism as a Social Movement. New York: St Martin's Press.
- Ryan, Barbara (1992) Feminism and the Women's Movement.Routledge, London.
- Engels, Friedrich. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (New York: Pathfinder Press, 1972)