CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Trofimov, Victor Vladimirovich |
|---|---|
| Title | The Republican State, Fraternity, and the Woman Question: The Performative Practice in Rousseau's Political Vision(s) |
| Summary | In this thesis I want to analyze the notions of fraternity, citizenship and the republican state in Rousseau’s political philosophy from the perspective of theory of performativity. In the first chapter, I will read Rousseau’s Social Contract to demonstrate that the republican state in Rousseau’s philosophy can be seen as performativuty at work since the state is (re-)produced through participation of citizens in the political life. In the second chapter, I will analyze Rousseau’s specific visions of republican citizenship which he proposes in projects of festivals, balls for marriageable youth and his memory of the dance in the end of the Letter to M. d’Alembert. My aim is to show that the notion of fraternity is foundational for Rousseau’s vision of republican social order and illuminate his ideas of the place of women in this order. As I will argue, in Rousseau’s vision women are not excluded from the participation in the political life, but are included in a very specific manner to support patriarchy. Finally, I will discuss possible implications of the model of woman’s inclusion in Rousseau’s concept of citizenship for feminist political theory. |
| Supervisor | Eszter Timar |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/trofimov_victor.pdf |
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