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The fantasy of individuality = on the sociohistorical construction of the modern subject /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The fantasy of individuality/ by Almudena Hernando.
Reminder of title:	on the sociohistorical construction of the modern subject /
Author:	Hernando, Almudena.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	xiii, 142 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Equality. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60720-7
ISBN:	9783319607207

The fantasy of individuality = on the sociohistorical construction of the modern subject /
Hernando, Almudena.

The fantasy of individualityon the sociohistorical construction of the modern subject /[electronic resource] :by Almudena Hernando. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xiii, 142 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

1: General approach -- 2: Sex and gender -- 3: The Origin -- 4: Relational identity or identity when one has no power over the world -- 5: Individuality or identity when one has power over the world -- 6: Relational identity/ Individuated identity. The appearance of things -- 7: The fantasy of individuality. Part I: women and gender identity -- 8: The fantasy of individuality. Part II: men's (unconscious) performance of relational identity -- 9: Dependent individuality and independent individuality -- 10: Sex and gender all over again. 11: Conclusion.

This volume is a step in fleshing out the historical reasons for gender inequality from the origins of humankind to present times in the Western world. It argues that despite much critique during the last two decades, gender identities are still ultimately understood as closed and rigid categories which unwittingly reproduce modern Western values. It is a theoretically-informed and up-to-date overview of the history of gender inequality that takes as its starting point the mechanisms through which human beings construct their self-identity. It discusses deeply ingrained assumptions on the relationship between gender and materiality in the present that lead both the academic community and the general public alike to reproduce specific patterns of thought about sex and gender and project them into the past. Starting from a peripheral and heterodox perspective, this book intends to appraise the complexity of gender identity in all its richness and diversity. It seeks to understand the persistence of relationality in supposedly fully individualized male selves, and the construction of new forms of individuality among women that did not follow the masculine model. It is argued here that by balancing community and self beyond the contradictions of hegemonic masculinity, modern women are struggling to build a new, more empowering form of personhood. The author is an archaeologist, who uses her discipline not only to provide data, theory and a long-term perspective, but also in a metaphorical sense: to construct a socio-historical genealogy of current gender systems, through an examination of how personhood and self-identity have been constructed in the Western world.

ISBN: 9783319607207

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-60720-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

563228
Equality.

LC Class. No.: HQ1075 / .H47 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 305.3

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