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Toward a Feminist Theory of the State presents Catharine MacKinnon’s powerful analysis of politics, sexuality, and the law from the perspective of women. Using the debate over Marxism and feminism as a point of departure, MacKinnon develops a theory of gender centered on sexual subordination and applies it to the state. The result is an informed and compelling critique of inequality and a transformative vision of a direction for social change.

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September 1, 1991
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High quality book, received in great condition. Also, here is a place to review the quality of the physical product, not a place to do book reviews (so those of you leaving one star for the content of the book are just categorically mistaken) but insofar as the content of the book goes, 6 stars. MacKinnon rules.

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Mr. R.

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2005

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The writing of Catharine MacKinnon is the most thorough and conclusive explanations of male domination in our society that I have had the pleasure of exploring. It refutes many other feminist theories and then gives a solid base for her own explanation of feminism. I highly recomend this writing to anyone interested in feminism or political theory.

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B. Tupper

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Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2011

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This woman is absolutely brilliant. Note, for example:

p. 184: "Most women who seek abortions became pregnant while having sexual intercourse with men."

One wonders how many women become pregnant while having intercourse with other women.

On p. 162 she writes: "Formally, the state is male in that objectivity is its norm."

I guess she means that women are not, or cannot or should not be, objective. She goes on to say that the entire structure of laws guaranteeing freedom of speech, equality under the law, etc., the rule of law itself, are artifacts of male domination and should therefore be eliminated.

Her definition of rape covers all acts of sexual intercourse where the woman is not the actual initiator, then she argues, p.149: "...the truly interesting question becomes how and why sexuality in women is ever other than masochistic." On other pages she argues that a woman's sexual desire is nothing more than an artifact of submission to male dominance.

Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!

[Nota Bene: contrary to the automatically generated heading, which I have been unable to edit, this review is of the hardcover edition, which may make a difference in the page numbers.]

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Paul E Crider

I was predisposed to dislike this book given my liberal outlook

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2016

I was predisposed to dislike this book given my liberal outlook. So my review of three stars means it actually exceeded my expectations. I think overall it offers some valuable insights.

First the good stuff. I appreciated her discussion early in the book about the differences between radical and liberal feminism. The more feminist theory I read the more difficult I find it to distinguish between the two approaches in a way that doesn't leave someone or some topics on the chopping block. In general I think that liberal feminists have addressed many of the valid concerns she addresses, such as situatedness and the social construction of sexuality. Her point that neutrality and an emphasis on negative rights camouflage and maintain status quo male supremacy was described in a novel way, but it's an argument I was introduced to by feminist liberals.

MacKinnon's discussion of the "wages for housework" critique/movement was one of my favorite parts of the book, and perhaps one of the strongest arguments against liberalism she makes. If we associate liberal with incremental, it's very hard to see how we could get from the current model where housework is not remunerated within the market mechanism to one where it is.

One of the weak parts of the book for me was the long introductory chapters on Marxism and feminism. I realize it's integral to her world view and her departure point for "unmodified" feminism, but she takes so much for granted from such a deeply misguided ideology that it was difficult for me to take her seriously for the first four chapters.

Ultimately what I find flawed in MacKinnon's feminism is what I have called its hermeneutical closure. She offers an interpretation of sexuality, pornography, etc based on her understanding of women as a class that is deaf to all alternative interpretations that individual women might offer based on their idiosyncratic beliefs and histories. This closed system offers no hope for dismantling gender hierarchy. Any reform, any evolution in norms and beliefs, can be interpreted as a reaction to and thus yet another perpetuation of male dominance. It's a similar phenomenon to the Christian fundamentalist tactic of suggesting the Devil has planted evidence to tempt us away from faith in God.

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hermione31

And now for something different..

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2000

MacKinnon's most noteworthy contribution to jurisprudential thought has been to point out the patriarchal assumptions of the U.S. Constitution, in light of modern feminist theory. In Towards a Feminist Theory..., MacKinnon writes an almost Foucaultian analysis of current constitutional jurisprudence -- the post-modern assessment of individual thought censorship as perpetrated by the male-dominated forum of political discourse is prevalent in many of her works but particularly, in this one.
She is a compelling and dramatic writer and while her arguments run the gamut -- from the distastefully provocative to rigorously logical to total raving rants, it is impossible to dismiss her entirely. I recommend that those interested in her writings read the law review articles she has written on similar issues. It should be taken with the grain of salt, however, that her biases against men in general are profound and even disturbing.

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SONofHERO

A Confused human being

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2012

My God...this woman really has problems with half the human race...if you check out her personal history you can understand why...a father who was mental and distant..a far left author boyfriend she lived with in Australia for several years of whom she refuses to discuss after the breakup...most likely he was another man just like daddy she was trying to connect with (though she will never admit it)..this woman is going to her grave without experiencing real life....her anger toward men and the way GOD designed things voids any hope for happiness (as if she could design it better)...the book is just one big rant of rage towards her own life..avoid reading this...I only checked out this book because her last name is my own Scottish clan...now I know why our clan didnt grow as big as the others..lol

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Skripka

Brilliant,

Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2013

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MacKinnon is a legal scholar and feminist thinker of stunning intellect.

This is one of the only books (as far as I'm aware) that lays out radical feminist philosophy in a linear, step-by-step manner, and also goes over the ways in which RF differs (notably) from both liberal and Marxist thinking. Highly recommended.

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