Unreasonable Men
eBook - ePub

Unreasonable Men

Masculinity and Social Theory

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Unreasonable Men

Masculinity and Social Theory

About this book

This much needed book is the first to show how dominant forms of masculinity are implicated in the traditions of social theory that have emerged since the Enlightenment. The author shows how an 'unreasonable' form of reason has emerged from the separation of reason from emotion, mind from body, nature from culture, public from private, matter from spirit - the dualities that have shaped our vision of modernity. The book argues that men need to explore critically their power and experience which has been rendered invisible by the dominant traditions of social theory. Instead of legislating for others they have to learn to speak more personally for themselves.

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Information

Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780415082945
eBook ISBN
9781136136047

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface and acknowledgements
  8. 1 Introduction: Masculinity, modernity and social theory
  9. 2 Nature
  10. 3 Reason
  11. 4 Morality
  12. 5 Freedom
  13. 6 Identity
  14. 7 Modernity
  15. 8 Experience
  16. 9 Feminism
  17. 10 Masculinity
  18. 11 Histories
  19. 12 Relationships
  20. 13 Language
  21. 14 Sexuality
  22. 15 Dependency
  23. 16 Conclusion: Masculinity, power and modernity
  24. Notes
  25. Bibliography
  26. Name index
  27. Subject index