Unreasonable Men: Masculinity and Social Theory

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Psychology Press, 1994 - 254 pages
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.
 

Contents

Masculinity modernity and social theory
1
Nature
13
Reason
23
Morality
35
Freedom
45
Identity
57
Modernity
69
Experience
82
Relationships
137
Language
151
Sexuality
165
Dependency
184
Masculinity power and modernity
196
Notes
218
Bibliography
236
Name index 249

Feminism
94
Masculinity
109
Histories
121

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About the author (1994)

Victor Jeleniewski Seidler is Reader in Social Theory in the Department of Sociology at Goldsmiths' College, The University of London. He is the editor of The Achilles Heel Reader.

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