TY - JOUR
T1 - Feminist Critiques of the Separative Model of Self
T2 - Implications for Rational Choice Theory
AU - England, Paula
AU - Kilbourne, Barbara Stanek
PY - 1990/4
Y1 - 1990/4
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.1177/1043463190002002005
DO - 10.1177/1043463190002002005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964165383
SN - 1043-4631
VL - 2
SP - 156
EP - 171
JO - Rationality and Society
JF - Rationality and Society
IS - 2
ER -