The Turning Point of the 1990s.
1. The New Discourse on Method.
The logic of amalgamation.
Philosophical malaise.
2. Omissions.
The unthinkable.
Women’s violence.
The abuse of power.
3. Contradiction.
Sexual reality.
The myth of a domesticated sexuality.
The model of female sexuality.
4. Regression.
When everyone thinks they are the victim of the other.
When the law of difference reigns.
The trap.
Notes.
Index.
E. Badinter, Philosopher and Writer
Translated by J.Borossa
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against the alternative: a diffuse, muddled culture of
resentment."
Times Literary Supplement
"This book is an event. Elisabeth Badinter is one of the
intellectuals who has worked tirelessly to build the theoretical
edifice which has nourished French feminism. For thirty years she
has been part of the women’s liberation movement, without ever
belonging to any of its cliques. Now she protests forcefully
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L’Express "In Dead End Feminism, Elisabeth Badinter attacks the new
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harassment: Badinter carries out a veritable demolition of received
ideas in a vigorous and well argued work."
Le Figaro "With her cutting intelligence and devastating turn of
phrase, Elisabeth Badinter will make the guardians of the faith
grit their teeth. She runs the risk of betraying her camp; but it
is her camp that has betrayed the cause of emancipation, which is
the real concern of both women and men."
Le Nouvel Observateur
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