For information on how we process your data, read our Privacy Policy
Thank you. We will email you when this book is available to order
You must sign in to add this item to your wishlist. Please sign in or create an account
Why should feminism and the biological sciences be at odds? And what might be gained from a reconciliation? In Who's Afraid of Charles Darwin? Vandermassen shows that, rather than continuing this enmity, feminism and the biological sciences-and in particular evolutionary psychology-have the need and the potential to become powerful allies. Properly understood, the Darwinian perspective proposed in this volume will become essential to tackling the major issues in feminism.
Published | 10 Feb 2005 |
---|---|
Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 240 |
ISBN | 9798765182741 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Vandermassen demonstrates the power and elegance of Darwinian modes of explanation of the range and diversity of sex differences and, in doing so, has opened up a new form of feminist theory.
Elizabeth Grosz, Jean Fox O'Barr Women's Studies Professor, Duke University
Griet Vandermassen's splendidly readable book should inform and inspire not only feminists but anyone who cares about science-its methods, its objectivity, its history, and its place in society.
Helena Cronin, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics
This very readable book should pave the way for a more informed debate and some degree of reconciliation between feminists and evolutionary biologists.
Biologist
Griet Vandermassen provides the most comprehensive treatment to date of the 150-year-long saga of marginalization, mutual suspicion, misunderstanding, misrepresentation, and missed opportunities between biology and feminist thinking. It is my hope that Vandermassen's remarkable book will remind evolutionary biologists of the contributions that feminists have made and challenge a new generation of feminist scholars to re-engage and integrate evolutionary perspectives into their understanding of the human condition.
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of Mother Nature: A History of Mothers, Infants, and Natural Selection (1999) and The Woman That Never Evolved (1981)
A book that would spark much discussion in evolutionary psychology and women's studies courses.
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research
Get 30% off in the May sale - for one week only
Your School account is not valid for the Australia site. You have been logged out of your account.
You are on the Australia site. Would you like to go to the United States site?
Error message.