Exhuming the History of Feminist Masculinity

Condorcet, 18th Century Radical Male Feminist

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ID9365245
AuthorsJeff Nall (Florida Atlantic University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume2
Issue1
Pages42-61
Publication date2010-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Society and Masculinities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1941-5583 • E-ISSN: 1941-5591
PublisherMen's Studies Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.3149/csm.0201.42
OpenAlexW2009545619
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited20

This work addresses bell hooks’s call for the development of an alternative to patriarchal masculinity which she calls feminist masculinity. Patriarchal masculinity has convinced most men and women that the development of different forms of masculinity goes against our biological nature. Yet there exists a history of men’s experiences that contradicts this perspective and amounts to, I argue, men’s feminist history. In particular I argue that the life and work of French philosophe Condorcet constitutes a historical cornerstone for feminist masculinity. An important implication of this work is the understanding that gender dissolution is not the only strategy capable of rectifying gender inequality. Siding with a range of feminist perspectives, from ecofeminism and Black feminism, I contend that we can accomplish much through a critical reconstruction of men and masculinity, including the reevaluation of historic figures such as Condorcet

Art · Condorcet method · Ecofeminism · Environmental ethics · Feminism · Feminist theory · Masculinity · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical and Literary Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought

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