Why Feminism?
Gender, Psychology, Politics

1. Auflage November 1999
296 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-7456-2346-7
John Wiley & Sons
This major new book explores the peculiar place of feminism in contemporary culture.
Preface.
Introduction: Why Feminism?.
1. Generations of Feminism.
2. Gender to Queer, and Back Again.
3. Genes and Gender: The Return to Darwin.
4. Psychic Life and its Scandals.
5. Gender Anxieties at the Limits of Psychology.
6. Cautionary Tales: Between Freud and Feminism.
7. Only Contradictions on Offer: Feminism at the Millennium.
Notes.
Index.
Introduction: Why Feminism?.
1. Generations of Feminism.
2. Gender to Queer, and Back Again.
3. Genes and Gender: The Return to Darwin.
4. Psychic Life and its Scandals.
5. Gender Anxieties at the Limits of Psychology.
6. Cautionary Tales: Between Freud and Feminism.
7. Only Contradictions on Offer: Feminism at the Millennium.
Notes.
Index.
Lynne Segal is Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London.