Gender-Critical Feminism

Holly Lawford-Smith argues that gender is not something to be embraced and celebrated, but a system of oppression which should be rejected. She introduces gender-critical feminism, explaining what it means to conceive of gender as norms and to be critical of gender on the basis of that understanding.

List of contents

• Preface


• 1: Introduction


• Part I: What Is Gender-Critical Feminism?


• 2: Gender-Critical Feminism's Radical Roots


• 3: Gender-Critical Feminism


• 4: The Sex Industry


• 5: Trans/Gender


• 6: Why is Gender-Critical Feminism So Vilified?


• Part II: Hard Questions For Gender-critical Feminism


• 7: Is Gender-Critical Feminism Intersectional?


• 8: Is Gender-Critical Feminism Feasible?


• 9: Is Gender-Critical Feminism Liberal?


• Coda


• 10: A Gender-Critical Manifesto

About the author

Holly Lawford-Smith is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. She works in social, moral, and political philosophy and has focused on climate ethics, collective action, and feminism. Her last book was Not In Their Name (OUP, 2019), on citizens' culpability for states' actions. Before the University of Melbourne, she worked at the University of Sheffield, the Australian National University, and Charles Sturt University. Her PhD is from the Australian National University and her undergraduate, Honours, and Masters degrees are from the University of Otago.

Summary

Holly Lawford-Smith argues that gender is not something to be embraced and celebrated, but a system of oppression which should be rejected. She introduces gender-critical feminism, explaining what it means to conceive of gender as norms and to be critical of gender on the basis of that understanding.

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Product details

• Authors: Holly Lawford-Smith, Holly (Associate Professor in Polit Lawford-Smith, Lawford-Smith Holly
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780198863885
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886388-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Partnership, sexuality; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Prostitution & Sex Trade, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Ethical Issues: Prostitution & Sex Industry, Ethical issues and debates