The Regime of the Brother: After the Patriarchy Contributor(s): MacCannell, Juliet Flower (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415054354 ISBN-13: 9780415054355 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1991 Annotation: This book is one of the first attempts to challenge modernity on its own terms. Using the works of Lacan, Cixous and Freud, Juliet Flower MacCannell confronts the failure of modernity to bring about the social equality promised by the Enlightenment. On the verge of its destruction, the Patriarchy had reshaped itself into a new, and often more oppressive regime: The Regime of the Brother. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory |
Dewey: 305.42 |
LCCN: 90008982 |
Lexile Measure: 1350 |
Series: Opening Out: Feminism for Today |
Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.16" W x 9.2" (0.83 lbs) 240 pages |
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Publisher Description: The Regime of the Brother is one of the first attempts to challenge modernity on its own terms. Using the work of Lacan, Kristeva and Freud, Juliet MacCannell confronts the failure of modernity to bring about the social equality promised by the Enlightenment. On the verge of its destruction, the Patriarchy has reshaped itself into a new, and often more oppressive regime: that of the Brother. |