The Fantasy of Individuality On the Sociohistorical Construction of the Modern Subject
This volume is a step in fleshing out the historical reasons for gender inequality from the origins of humankind to present times in the Western world. It argues that despite much critique during the last two decades, gender identities are still ultimately understood as closed and rigid categories w...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1: General approach
- 2: Sex and gender
- 3: The Origin
- 4: Relational identity or identity when one has no power over the world
- 5: Individuality or identity when one has power over the world
- 6: Relational identity/ Individuated identity. The appearance of things
- 7: The fantasy of individuality. Part I: women and gender identity
- 8: The fantasy of individuality. Part II: men’s (unconscious) performance of relational identity
- 9: Dependent individuality and independent individuality
- 10: Sex and gender all over again. 11: Conclusion