Thompson, Patricia J. (Yelena V. Mayakovsky)
In Bed with Procrustes

Feminism's Flirtation with Patriarchy.

In this volume, the author continues the exploration of her Hestian/Hermean Dual Systems Paradigm. Drawing on two ancient Greek mythemes - Hestia, guardian of the «homeplace» and Hermes, guardian of the «marketplace» - she introduces a metaphorical language with which to examine the private/public, civic/domestic, familial/political aspects of the human condition to reclaim the family ecosystem as a site for feminist theory. She challenges «one size fits all» theories based on patriarchal paradigms (the «bed of Procrustes») and suggests how a Hestian feminist perspective can be applied to the academic disciplines of classics, philosophy, history, political science, sociology, psychology, economics, and ethics. XXI,290 Seiten, gebunden (The Hestia Trilogy; Book 2/Peter Lang Verlag 2003) Mängelexemplar/near mint