The Contradictions of Love : Towards a feminist-realist ontology of sociosexuality.: Towards a feminist-realist ontology of sociosexuality. (2014)
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- Book
- Title:
- The Contradictions of Love : Towards a feminist-realist ontology of sociosexuality.: Towards a feminist-realist ontology of sociosexuality. (2014)
- Main Title:
- The Contradictions of Love : Towards a feminist-realist ontology of sociosexuality.
- Other Names:
- Gunnarson, Lena
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Feminist theory and sexuality; What's love got to do with it?; The tenacity of gender inequality; Feminism, ontology and the rejection of realism; Critical realism: an excursus; The structure of reality: necessity and complexity; The dialectical core of reality; Outline of the book: from sexuality to love; PART I Feminist modes of theorizing sexuality and gendered power; 2 Judith Butler and the deconstruction of reality; Sex and gender: performative effects of discourse. The subject: reversing the causal arrowsSexuality: nature abjected; Power: inevitable and unacceptable; Fighting with power's own tools; Ad hoc realism; Conclusion; 3 Anna Jónasdóttir and the organic roots of power; Sex/gender: a generative process; Sexuality: a historical-materialist ontology; Love power and the production of human life; The nature of love; Power: structural compulsion and human neediness; Male authority and female sociosexual poverty; Ecstasy versus care; Conclusion; PART II Meta-theoretical interlude: Challenging poststructuralist feminism; 4 Feminist theory and nature. Feminist nature-phobiaRestoring the status of nature; The glorification of indeterminacy; Nature's constraining force; Transcending dualisms -- the dialectical-emergentist solution; Dialectical antagonists and 'pomo flips'; Conclusion; 5 Women and men as theoretical categories; The intersectional challenge: women are notCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Feminist theory and sexuality; What's love got to do with it?; The tenacity of gender inequality; Feminism, ontology and the rejection of realism; Critical realism: an excursus; The structure of reality: necessity and complexity; The dialectical core of reality; Outline of the book: from sexuality to love; PART I Feminist modes of theorizing sexuality and gendered power; 2 Judith Butler and the deconstruction of reality; Sex and gender: performative effects of discourse. The subject: reversing the causal arrowsSexuality: nature abjected; Power: inevitable and unacceptable; Fighting with power's own tools; Ad hoc realism; Conclusion; 3 Anna Jónasdóttir and the organic roots of power; Sex/gender: a generative process; Sexuality: a historical-materialist ontology; Love power and the production of human life; The nature of love; Power: structural compulsion and human neediness; Male authority and female sociosexual poverty; Ecstasy versus care; Conclusion; PART II Meta-theoretical interlude: Challenging poststructuralist feminism; 4 Feminist theory and nature. Feminist nature-phobiaRestoring the status of nature; The glorification of indeterminacy; Nature's constraining force; Transcending dualisms -- the dialectical-emergentist solution; Dialectical antagonists and 'pomo flips'; Conclusion; 5 Women and men as theoretical categories; The intersectional challenge: women are not only women; Anticategorical intersectionality; Discriminatory anticategoricalism: 'women' as a particular minefield; The rejection of biological sex; Constructed, hence unreal?; The concrete and the abstract; Structures, positions and people; Conclusion. PART III The reality of love and power: A feminist-realist depth approach6 Loving him for who he is: The microsociology of power; Asymmetrical role-taking: or 'loving him for who he is'; 'I am very demanding'; Women as technical problems; The gendered mediation of love: expectations and gratitude; The costs and benefits of conforming; The risks and promises of resisting; Conclusion; 7 Love: Exploitable resource or 'no-lose situation'?; MetaReality -- realism's self-transcendence; The causally efficacious illusion of 'demi-reality'; Love as the fundament of existence. The illusoriness of patriarchal realityThe necessity of conflict in the present world; Conclusion; 8 Men in love: The work of repressing reality; Dialectical contradictions; The exploiter's burden; Men's dependence on women's freedom; The double-edged sword of control; Reality biting back; Men's ambivalent interest in women's pleasure; Male emancipation; Conclusion; 9 Reality and change; The real and the 'really real'; Female withdrawal: laying bare men's dependency; Getting to the root of causality: a depth mode of feminist transformation; Women's anger. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London New York : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages)
- Subjects:
- 305.3
Sex role
Sex
Feminist theory
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
Feminist theory
Sex
Sex role
Feminismus
Geschlechtsidentität
Machtstruktur
Liebe
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781317915768
1317915763
9781315851464
1315851466
1306288452
9781306288453
9781317915775
1317915771 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780415824118
0415824117 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index.
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