Università Roma Tre

Settimana 1
Introduzione e descrizione del corso.
Metodologia.

- Joan Scott, Genere: una categoria utile di analisi storica, in , 1, V, 1986, pp. 1053 - 1075.
- Wendy Brown, Dov'è il sesso nella teoria politica? In , 7, n. 1 1987
- Karen Offen, Defining Feminism: a Comparative Historical Approach, in , vol. 14, n. 11, 1988, pp. 119-157


Settimana 2
L'antica Grecia: Platone e Aristotele.

- Susan Moller Okin, Platone e la tradizione greca della Misoginia, in Susan Moller Okin, Women in Western Political Thought, Princeton University Press, 1992,
- Susan Moller Okin, regine filosofe e mogli nel privato, in Women in Western Political Thought.
- Susan Moller Okin, Natura femminile e struttura sociale, in Women in Western Political Thought.
- Susan Moller Okin, Il posto della donna e la natura in un mondo funzionalista, in Women in Western Political Thought.

Settimana 3
Le donne nel pensiero medievale.
I Padri della Chiesa: Sant'Agostino
San Tommaso d'Aquino: Il posto della donna nella natura

- Diana Coole, Women in Medieval Thought: Transitions from Antiquity to the Renaissance, in Women in Political Theory, Lynne Rienner Publisher, 1993
- Zillah Eisenstein, The Historical Continuity of Patriarchy, from The Radical
- Future of Liberal Feminism, Northeastern University Press, 1993, Chapter 2

Settimana 4
Femminilità e mascolinità nel primo pensiero europeo moderno. Decostruzione del genere in Machiavelli


- Joan Kelly, Did Women Have a Renaissance?, da Joan Kelly, Women, History and Theory, University of Chicago Press, 1984, cap. 7
- Ian Maclean, The Renaissance Notion of Women, in , vol. 34, n. 2, Summer 1981, pp. 211-213
- Hanna Pitkin, Fortune is a Woman. Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolò Machiavelli, University of California Press, 1984, capitoli 2,3,4,4,5,6.

Settimana 5
Diritti naturali contro l'autorità naturale
Thomas Hobbes contro il modello aristotelico
John Locke contro il patriarcato

- Diana Coole, Women in Political Theory, capitolo 4
- Carole Pateman, The Sexual Contract, Stanford University Press, 1988, capitoli 1, 4, 6

Settimana 6
Lo stato della natura e la ricostruzione di una Repubblica "Mascolinizzata": Rousseau

- Susan Moller Okin, Women in Western Political Thought, capitoli 5, 6, 7
- Else Wiestad, Empowerment Inside Patriarchy: Rousseau and the Masculine Construction of Femininity, from Feminist interpretations of Jean Jacques Rousseau, a cura di Linda Lange, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002.
- Penny Weiss e Ann Harper, Rousseau Political Defense of Sex-Roled Family, from Feminist interpretations of Jean Jacques Rousseau, a cura di Linda Lange, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002.

Settimana 7
Rivendicare i diritti delle donne: Maria Wollstonecraft
Femminismo liberale: Mulino di John Stuart

- Mary Wollstonecraft, estratto da A Vindication of the Rights of Women, in The Feminist Papers, a cura di Alice Rossi, pp. 40-85.
- John Stuart Mill, estratto da The Sujection of Women, in The Feminist Papers, a cura di Alice Rossi, pp.196-238.
- Susan Moller Okin, Women in Western Political Thought, capitolo 9


Settimana 8
Costruire il femminismo liberale negli Stati Uniti: Il movimento per i diritti delle donne del XIX secolo

- Alice Rossi, Introduction: Social Roots of the Woman’s Movement in America, in The Feminist Papers, pp. 241- 281
- From Abolition to Sex Equality: Sarah Grimké (1792-1837) and Angelina Grimké (1805-1879), in The Feminist Papers, pp. 306-322
- Alice Rossi, Along the Suffrage Trail, in The Feminist Papers, pp. 407-412
- Excerpt from the History of Woman Suffrage, in The Feminist Papers, Seneca Falls Convention, pp. 413-421
- Akron Convention and Sojourner Truth, in The Feminist Papers, pp. 426-29

Settimana 9
Prospettive femministe contemporanee sul patriarcato.

- Virginia Woolf, estratto da A Room of One's Own's Own, in The Feminist Papers, pp. 627-652
- Simone de Beauvoir, estratto da The Second Sex, in The Feminist Papers, pp

- Joan Scott, Gender: a Useful Category of Historical Analysis, in , 1, V, 1986, pp. 1053 – 1075
- Wendy Brown, Where is the Sex in Political Theory? In , 7, no. 1 1987
- Karen Offen, Defining Feminism: a Comparative Historical Approach, in , vol. 14, n. 11, 1988, pp. 119-157
- Susan Moller Okin, Plato and the Greek Tradition of Misogyny, in Susan Moller Okin, Women in Western Political Thought, Princeton University Press, 1992,
- Susan Moller Okin, Philosopher Queens and Private Wives, in Women in Western Political Thought
- Susan Moller Okin, Female Nature and Social Structure, in Women in Western Political Thought
- Susan Moller Okin, Woman’s Place and Nature in a Functionalist World, in Women in Western Political Thought
- Diana Coole, Women in Medieval Thought: Transitions from Antiquity to the Renaissance, in Women in Political Theory, Lynne Rienner Publisher, 1993
- Zillah Eisenstein, The Historical Continuity of Patriarchy, from The Radical
- Future of Liberal Feminism, Northeastern University Press, 1993, Chapter 2
- Joan Kelly, Did Women Have a Renaissance?, from Joan Kelly, Women, History and Theory, University of Chicago Press, 1984, ch. 7
- Ian Maclean, The Renaissance Notion of Women, in , vol. 34, n. 2, Summer 1981, pp. 211-213
- Hanna Pitkin, Fortune is a Woman. Gender and Politics in the Thought of Niccolò Machiavelli, University of California Press, 1984, chapters 2,3,4,5,6
- Diana Coole, Women in Political Theory, chapter 4
- Carole Pateman, The Sexual Contract, Stanford University Press, 1988, chapters 1, 4, 6
- Susan Moller Okin, Women in Western Political Thought, chapters 5, 6, 7
- Else Wiestad, Empowerment Inside Patriarchy: Rousseau and the Masculine Construction of Femininity, from Feminist interpretations of Jean Jacques Rousseau, edited by Linda Lange, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002
- Penny Weiss and Ann Harper, Rousseau Political Defense of Sex-Roled Family, from Feminist interpretations of Jean Jacques Rousseau, edited by Linda Lange, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002
- Mary Wollstonecraft, excerpt from A Vindication of the Rights of Women, in The Feminist Papers, edited by Alice Rossi, pp. 40-85
- John Stuart Mill, excerpt from The Sujection of Women, in The Feminist Papers, edited by Alice Rossi, pp.196-238
- Susan Moller Okin, Women in Western Political Thought, chapter 9
- Alice Rossi, Introduction: Social Roots of the Woman’s Movement in America, in The Feminist Papers, pp. 241- 281
- From Abolition to Sex Equality: Sarah Grimké (1792-1837) and Angelina Grimké (1805-1879), in The Feminist Papers, pp. 306-322
- Alice Rossi, Along the Suffrage Trail, in The Feminist Papers, pp. 407-412
- Excerpt from the History of Woman Suffrage, in The Feminist Papers, Seneca Falls Convention, pp. 413-421
- Akron Convention and Sojourner Truth, in The Feminist Papers, pp. 426-29
- Virginia Woolf, excerpt from A Room of One’s Own, in The Feminist Papers, pp. 627-652
- Simone de Beauvoir, excerpt from The Second Sex, in The Feminist Papers, pp