Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The article examines the paradoxical relationship between liberal ideals and status commitments, focusing on the promise of marriage as a microcosm of broader liberal thought. It argues that liberalism did not eliminate or preserve statuses but reinterpreted them, creating a complex interplay where statuses were both maintained and transformed. This analysis reveals persistent conceptual patterns in liberal ideology that entangle progress and hierarchy, challenging the progressive elimination or preservation of statuses. The study suggests that understanding these patterns is crucial for ideology critique and highlights their relevance to contemporary issues like multiculturalism and identity politics.
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Jurisprudence | Law
Recommended Citation
Anat Rosenberg,
Entanglements: A Study of Liberal Thought in the Promise of Marriage,
20
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
371
(2014).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol20/iss2/5