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Feminist Critiques of the Separative Model of Self

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  • PAULA ENGLAND

    (University of Arizona)

  • BARBARA STANEK KILBOURNE

    (University of Texas, Dallas)

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The article applies the radical-cultural feminist critique of the separative model of self to rational choice theories. Four assumptions of neoclassical economics-the “ideal type†of rational choice theories-are identified: selfishness; that interpersonal utility comparisons are impossible; that tastes are exogenous and unchanging; and that individuals are rational. For the most part, sociological versions of rational choice theories rely on these same assumptions. The article shows that a separative rather than a connected model of the self underlies each of these assumptions.

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  • Paula England & Barbara Stanek Kilbourne, 1990. "Feminist Critiques of the Separative Model of Self," Rationality and Society, , vol. 2(2), pages 156-171, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ratsoc:v:2:y:1990:i:2:p:156-171
    DOI: 10.1177/1043463190002002005
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