About the Book

Feminist Social Thought, 2ed. gives a real insight into the works of six noteworthy feminist thinkers, namely, Simone de Beauvoir, Betty Friedan, Kate Millett, Shulamith Firestone, Juliet Mitchell and Sheila Rowbotham. The text promises to be a much-needed handbook for teachers and students of feminist thought, giving a clear understanding of the classics of second wave feminism. This revised edition includes a chapter on ‘Feminism in India’, which divides the history of feminism into distinct eras and discusses those very few feminists who dared to challenge Western rationality and orientalism, making significant contributions to the feminist movement. Students studying Women’s Studies, Sociology, and Social and Literary Theory will find this book to be an extensive and well-organized resource on second wave feminist theorists.

Contents

1              Introduction

2              Simone de Beauvoir

3              Betty Friedan

4             Kate Millett

5              Shulamith Firestone

6             Juliet Mitchell

7              Sheila Rowbotham

About the Author / Editor

Vidyut Bhagwat, a feminist writer and activist from Pune, is the founder and former director of Director, Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule Women’s Studies Centre, University of Pune. She has worked earlier with the Indian Institute of Education and the Indian School of Political Economy, Pune. She has taught Literature, Linguistics and Women’s Studies at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels for more than two and a half decades. She has written extensively on the social history of Maharashtra from the viewpoints of gender, caste, and class in both English and Marathi.