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Feminism Without Illusions: A Critique of Individualism Reprint Edition

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  • Paperback: 364 pages
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press; Reprint edition (February 24, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0807843725
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807843727
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent explanation of feminist theory and postmodernism
By A Customer on November 1, 2000
Format: Paperback
Fox-Genovese's book marks the culmination of decades of work in history and feminist theory. The range of knowledge represented here is staggering, yet her argument is elegant and clear: feminism, as the daughter of the liberal revolutions of the 18th century, creates both opportunities and serious dangers as postmodernism ascends. For anyone interested in feminist theory, postmodern theory, capitalism and the rise of the individual, or women's history, this book is a must-read. The bibliography alone is worth the cost of the volume.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA CRITIQUE OF FEMINSM VIA A CRITIQUE OF RIGHTS THAT ARE “GROUNDED IN THE INDIVIDUAL”
By Steven H Propp TOP 100 REVIEWER on February 15, 2016
Format: Hardcover
Elizabeth Ann Fox-Genovese (1941-2007) was a historian (Professor of Humanities and History, and founding director of Women's Studies at Emory University, who began the first doctoral program in Women's Studies in the U.S.) particularly known for her writing about women in the Antebellum South. She was also a primary voice of the conservative women's movement. She has written other books, such as "Feminism Is Not the Story of My Life", Marriage: The Dream That Refuses to Die (American Ideals and Institutions), Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South, History and Women, Culture and Faith: Selected Writings of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese,Volume 1: Women Past and Present, History and Women, Culture and Faith: Selected Writings of Elizabeth Fox-Genovese Volume 3. Intersections: History, Culture, Ideology, etc.

She wrote in the Introduction to this 1991 book, “The question remains: What do we want for our daughters, our students, the young women for whom we feel responsible? As the director of a Women’s Studies program, I live with that question.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA good balanced perspective of Feminism
By Patrick Mceldrew on October 10, 2011
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As with most of this author's books she takes a perspective of feminism that is not influenced by radical liberalism. This is a book that appeals to many who reject much of the politicized modern radical feminism and allows for many to explore important issues that may have otherwise been rejected. Unfortunately many of the writing of some of the greatest and most gifted feminists are ignored because they don't fit into a modern narrow liberal feminist world view.
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1.0 out of 5 starsThe sort of thing that gives academics a bad name
By Elizabeth A. Root on July 15, 2007
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I found this to be an almost unreadable book. 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. When Fox-Genovese was clear, she was making idiotic remarks such as claiming that feminism seeks to share the powerlessness of the mother.

April 2, 2012
I decided to get a copy of the book, which was published around 1990, in the interest of giving it another chance and/or improving this review. By page 63, I had written up three pages of things that I found idiotic, so I shall limit myself to two passages that I find only too typical, plus a discussion of her tactics in arguing. In speaking of groups Fox-Genovese does not necessarily mean society as a whole. She refers back to Ferdinand Tönnes who distinguished between community and society. Parenthetically, I think she should have done a better job of explaining his thesis, for those who haven't read his work.

Fox-Genovese considers feminism's place in society, generally from a rather academic point of view, but she has an overriding theme: individualism, which she thinks has gone too far, versus corporatism. She calls upon feminism, the 'daughter of individualism', to critique individualism, and presumably, create a new corporation which will take precedence over individual rights.

Consider this passage: "To the contrary, many feminists continue to found some of their most important claims to - above all to "reproductive freedom" and abortion - firmly in individual right, even as they ground others - above all, comparable worth - in a repudiation of individualism.Read more ›
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