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Unit-IFeminism and the redefinition of the Political.Feminist critiques of mainstream political theory.M.A. POLITICAL SCIENCE (SEMESTER SYSTEM) SYLLABUS 71Unit-IIKey Feminist concepts—Patriarchy, Sex-Gender distinction, Production and Reproduction.Destabilizing the category of ‘woman’.Unit-IIIKey Issues in Feminist theory 1.Abortion.Pornography.Unit-IVKey Issues in Feminist theory 2.Race/Religion/Culture.Anti-Militarism.Reading List :1. Anne Philips, Engendering Democracy, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1991.2. Allison Jagger, Feminist Politics and Human Nature, Rowman & Allanheld, 1983.3. Judith Butler, Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, New York, Routledge,1990.4. Carole Pateman, The Sexual Contract, Stanford University Press, 1989.5. Iris Marion Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference, Princeton University Press, 1990.6. Kate Millet, Sexual Politics, Granada Publishing, 1969.7. Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1949 (translated by H.M. Parshley, Penguin 1972).8. Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch, 1970.9. Nancy Fraser and Linda J. Nicholson, Social Criticism without Philosophy : An Encounter betweenFeminism and Postmodernism in Theory Culture Society, 1988; 5.10. Susan Moller Okin : Women in Western Political Thought, Princeton, Princeton University Press,1979.Option (b) : MAJOR THEMES IN RECENT POLITICAL PHILOSOPHYINSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PAPER-SETTERS AND CANDIDATES :(i)(ii)The theory question paper will be of 80 marks and 20 marks will be for internal assessment.For private candidates, who have not been assessed earlier for internal assessment, the marks securedby them in theory paper will proportionately be increased to maximum marks of the paper in lieu ofinternal assessment.The paper setter must put note (ii) in the question paper.The syllabus has been divided into four units.There shall be 9 questions in all. The first question is compulsory and shall be short answer typecontaining 15 short questions spread over the whole syllabus to be answered in about 25 to 30 words each.The candidates are required to attempt any 10 short answer type questions carrying 20 marks i.e. 2 marksfor each. Rest of the paper shall contain 4 units. Each unit shall have two questions, and the candidatesshall be given internal choice of attempting one question from each Unit – 4 in all. Each question will carry15 marks.