{"product_id":"9798216474722","title":"Manhood and Politics A Feminist Reading in Political Theory","description":"\u003ch1\u003eManhood and Politics\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Feminist Reading in Political Theory\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWendy Brown\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Gender Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“This is a feminist book about political theory, but it is not a book about women.”\u003c\/i\u003e Such is the opening line of political theorist Wendy Brown's classic book, \u003ci\u003eManhood and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. Brown's innovative thesis remains relevant and crucial today: political life itself is the effect of the patriarchalism that built it. A sphere not simply exclusive to men, but often formulated as a domain for realizing manhood, Western political life continues to bear a masculinist ethos and ontology. With authoritarianism on the rise, tech bros calling for more “masculine energy,” and the existential threat of ecological disaster, the insights in this book are especially timely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn interpretation of the works of three giants of classical political theory constitutes the main body of \u003ci\u003eManhood and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e: Aristotle, who proclaimed man a political animal who finds his freedom beyond embodiment, necessity, and nature; Machiavelli, who depicted virtù-masculine cunning and strength-as the means to dominate \u003ci\u003efortuna-\u003c\/i\u003ethe goddess of chance and contingency; and Max Weber, who called for heroic politicians to retrieve nation-state glory from the maw of bureaucratic rationalization. In lucid and pedagogical readings of each thinker, Brown teases out the implications of these formulations and sets the stage for another kind of politics, one that affirms and nourishes life rather than struggling against it and its predicates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new generation of scholars, students, and activists will benefit immensely from this pathbreaking work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWendy Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study and in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.  A prize-winning teacher and author, she works across the history of political thought, political economy, and critical theory.  Brown's scholarship has focused on the subterranean powers shaping contemporary EuroAtlantic polities, with particular attention to the political identities, mobilizations, and crises they spawn. She is the author or co-author of a dozen books, among them \u003ci\u003eStates of Injury: Power and Freedom in Late Modernity; Walled States, Waning Sovereignty\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism's Stealth Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIn the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eNihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24 June 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216474722\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e280\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669929721996,"sku":"9798216474722","price":108.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216474722","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}