Overview
- Discusses the theory of collective consciousness
- Applies collective consciousness theory to the pursuit of gender justice in international law
- Examines how collective modes of behaviour can lead to unconscious 'role-play'
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The author investigates the widespread implications of this unconscious role-playing, arguing that even in countries in which women have many of the same legal rights as men, gender justice and equality have been too simplistically framed as ‘feminism’ and ‘women’s rights’ and that giving women the rights of men has not created gender balance. This book highlights the masculine and feminine traits belonging to all individuals and calls on international law to reflect this gender continuum.
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Keywords
- Analytical psychology
- CEDAW
- Collective consciousness
- Collective self
- Gender-based violence
- Feminist theory
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Men’s rights and Women's rights studies
- Social psychology
- Sociology of human consciousness
- Gender Studies
Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Collective Consciousness in Theory
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Collective Consciousness in Practice: Gender in International Law
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Collective Consciousness and Gender
Authors: Alexandra Walker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54414-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54413-1Published: 31 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54414-8Published: 22 August 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 354
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Personality and Social Psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology, Gender Studies, Self and Identity, Social Structure, Social Inequality