Overview

Seidler argues that the identification of masculinity with reason has played a central role in Western social theory and philosophy . Reason is defined in opposition to nature, and mind set against body, as men have learnt to take their reason for granted. This produces an 'unreasonable' form of reason that men learn to use to legislate for others, before learning to speak more personally for themselves. This is part of the power that men can assume in relation to women, and which is embodied in dominant forms of social theory. Emotions and feelings are discounted as forms of knowledge for they are deemed to be 'personal' and 'subjective' when contrasted with the 'objectivity' and 'impartiality' of reason. Unreasonable Men demonstrates how an Enlightenment view of modernity excluded and silenced those who it regarded as 'others' for being closer to nature, thereby setting the terms in which 'others' have to prove themselves rational to enter the 'magic circle of humanity'. Traditions of social theory carry both the dreams and demons of a modernity which could only recognize 'injustice' and 'oppression' as 'real' and 'objective' within the public world of men.

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Author:   Victor J. Seidler
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780415082945

ISBN 10:   0415082943
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   16 December 1993
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction - Masculinity, Modernity and Social Theory 2. Nature 3. Reason 4. Morality 5. Freedom 6. Identity 7. Modernity 8. Experience 9. Feminism 10. Masculinity 11. Histories 12. Relationships 13. Language 14. Sexuality 15. Dependency 16. Conclusion - Masculinity, Power and Modernity

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`... this book can help to place securely on the agenda of sociologica studies an account where politics, emotions, ideology, thouth and practice appear alongside each othr in a form that challenges particular theoreticalpositions and opens up new areas.' - Reviewing Sociology

Author Information

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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