Feminism and Freedom

1. Auflage 1987
ISBN: 978-0-88738-670-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 490 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 431 g

Combining philosophical rigor with detailed knowledge of a wide range of subjects, Michael Levin presents a thorough examination of feminism as both a theory and as a generator of social policy. His book provides a much-needed counterweight to uncritical feminist scholarship prevalent in so much social science writing.

Levin argues that feminists deny that innate sex differences have anything to do with the basic structure of society. He shows how this denial leads feminists to interpret observable differences between male and female roles as the result of discrimination and restrictive social conditioning rather than as the free expression of basic preferences. Levin concludes that feminist proposals for remedying this imaginary oppression systematically thwart individual liberty.

The first chapters of Feminism and Freedom show the conflict between feminist ideology and recent developments in anthropology, neurology, child psychology and behavioral genetics, as well as basic principles of scientific method. The author then moves to a wide-ranging discussion of affirmative action, comparable worth, and the impact of feminism on education, military manpower policy, language, family life and sports—showing in each case how feminist policies run counter to classical liberalism. Written in a lively, challenging, and accessible style, as controversial as it is timely, Feminism and Freedom is must reading for anyone interested in understanding society and preserving liberty.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levin, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. Overview 2. What is Feminism? 3. Innateness 4. Sex Differences 5. Affirmative Action 6. Comparable Worth 7. Education: The Lower Grades 8. Education: The Universities 9. Feminism, Education, and the State 10. Sports 11. The Forces of Order 12. Language 13. Sex, the Family, and the Liberal Order 14. Feminism and the Future.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Levin is professor of philosophy at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center of City University of New York. He is the author of Metaphysics and the Mind-body Problem, and has written extensively on ethics, epistemology, and the foundations of science and mathematics.