HUMR 2202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Liberal Democracy, Public Sphere, Nuclear Family

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Human Rights
• Course: HUMR 2202
• Professor: Dan Irving

Document Summary

Li(cid:271)e(cid:396)al de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ati(cid:272) te(cid:396)(cid:373)s a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t i(cid:374)(cid:272)lusi(cid:448)e inherently masculine: patriarchal society, who is included, who is not, aises q(cid:859)s fo(cid:396) f(cid:396)eedo(cid:373), de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)a(cid:272)(cid:455) Liberalism: came bout through bourgeois revolution overthrowing aristocracy: only freedoms for cis white affluent males (property owning) Crux of argument: liberal democratic state is masculinist*** in its logic. Problem with liberal feminists: think women should win inclusion, women as politicians, in government, etc. = advancement: challenges: how much does this = advancement when inclusion is administering certain logic, whether administered by man or woman. Notion that life is state of nature, chaotic (hobbes: nasty, brutish, short: within liberal democracy freedom means particular thing, p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess of (cid:374)atu(cid:396)alizatio(cid:374), so do(cid:374)(cid:859)t get (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)ed, state there to protect us, Hayek and friedman: through choices in market, in abstract way all have choices: brown and others show that choices in this type of society are limited, not everyone starts at same place, state is not neutral.