Reading Catriona Mackenzie and and Natalie Stoljar's Relational Autonomy, at the beach.
Autonomous agency of women victim's of domestic violence in the interlocking of the social determined self and the individual values, choices and action.
In a feminist perspective, autonomy is not a substantive independency, as highlighted by care critiques of the masculine selfhood. It is not defined in opposition both to femininity and the relations of dependence and connection.
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References:
Mackenzie, Catriona & Stoljar, Natalie (2000) Relational Autonomy. Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McLeod, Carolyn & Sherwin, Susan (2000) "Relational Autonomy, Self-Trust, and Health Care for Patients Who Are Oppressed", in Mackenzie & Stoljar (2000) Relational Autonomy. Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 259-279.
Barclay, Linda (2000) Autonomy and the Social Self", in Mackenzie & Stoljar (2000) Relational Autonomy. Feminist Perspectives on Autonomy, Agency, and the Social Self, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 52-71.
