POL201Y1 Lecture Notes - Virtual Community
Document Summary
Paradiastole- redescription of perceived weaknesses so as to have them perceived anew as strengths. Argument of the lecture: pizan"s text is multi-layered in terms of its argument. While she demonstrates to us that women have performed well in positions of political power, she also suggests that ultimately this is not the goal to which we should ask all women to aspire. Indeed, her political project is much more radical, suggesting that we reassess what types of roles and activities are indeed most beneficial to the establishment and sustaining of collective life. A proper and wider vision of justice must not only acknowledge that we cannot in principle exclude certain classes of people from positions of power and privilege as they can show the capabilities to succeed there. More deeply, justice requires that we rethink the frameworks that identify what positions and activities are most valuable to political communities.
