Natural Women, Cultured Men: A Feminist Perspective on Sociological TheoryThis book examines the work of the classical social theorists -- Durkheim, Weber, Marx, Engels and Freud -- from a feminist perspective. The focus is on the theoretical approach adopted by each theorist in his examination of the nature of human nature and, more specifically, the nature of sex relationships. In general, the dichotomized, hierarchical view of sex relationships common to each of the theorists forms the framework for the discussions and critiques. |
Contents
SOCIETYSOCIOLOGY | 1 |
DURKHEIMS SCIENCE OF SOCIOLOGY AND SEX | 13 |
Suicide | 25 |
The Dualism of Human Nature | 35 |
The Subject of Method of Sociology | 42 |
WEBER PATRIARCHY AND POWER | 51 |
Traditional Domination | 64 |
The Types Reconsidered | 83 |
Some Early Dissenters | 133 |
Recent Feminist Reformulations | 142 |
Reconsidering Motherhood | 148 |
NatureNurture and PowerPatriarchy | 161 |
NATURENURTURE THE SOCIOLOGICAL FATHERS | 169 |
Sociobiology | 189 |
FEMINISM AND SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY | 199 |
Feminist Reconstructions | 211 |
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Natural Women, Cultured Men: A Feminist Perspective on Sociological Theory R.A. Sydie Limited preview - 2011 |
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