Certificate Course in Western Feminist Thought, Shivaji University, Kolhapur

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)