Feminism Without Illusions: A Critique of Individualism

by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Paperback, 1992

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University of North Carolina Press (1992), Edition: Reprint, 364 pages

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In arguing that feminism has neither adequately acknowledged its ties to individualism nor squarely faced the extent to which many of its campaigns for social justice are based on the insistence of rights for the individual over good of the community, this study analyzes current political theory and its application to affirmative action, comparative worth and abortion rights. The author also examines the debate over feminist history and the relationship between feminism and postmodernism.

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LibraryThing member PuddinTame

I found this to be an almost unreadable book and bailed early. I would find my mind drifting as I tried to force myself to read. I would reread sentences and still have trouble deciding what, if anything, they meant. In the end, I thought this was an extremely silly book with idiotic remarks: such

as claiming that feminism seeks to share the powerlessness of the mother.

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