The Problem of the Passions: Feminism, Psychoanalysis, and Social Theory - Couverture souple

Burack, Cynthia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0814712525 ISBN 13 : 9780814712528

Editeur : New York University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Women, says conventional wisdom, are warm, nurturing caregivers with an intrinsically enhanced capacity for attachment and compassion. Feminists, says the popular image, are full of rage, devoid of the feelings that are natural to women. How have feminists themselves dealt with this dualism and, more specifically, with the disagreeable passions?
What has too often been missing from discussions of women's psychology in social theory is an account of women as ambivalent: both empathic and enraged, loving and hating. The Problem of the Passions fills this void. Examining the work of such feminist theorists as Carol Gilligan, Nancy Chodorow, Jessica Benjamin, and Dorothy Dinnerstein in a new light, Burack argues that feminist social theory can be repaired through attention to the pioneering psychoanalytic work of Melanie Klein. Sure to be of interest to feminists, psychoanalysts, political scientists, and social theorists, The Problem of the Passions is essential reading for anyone concerned with feminism and questions of identity in social thought.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Cynthia Burack is Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the Ohio State University. She is the author of numerous books including Because We Are Human: Contesting US Support for Gender and Sexuality Human Rights Abroad and Right-Wing Populism and the Media.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814712525
• ISBN 13: 9780814712528
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible