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Record Nr.

UNINA9910588786503321

Autore

Almassi Ben <1979->

Titolo

Nontoxic: Masculinity, Allyship, and Feminist Philosophy / / by Ben Almassi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

3-031-13071-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (120 pages)

Disciplina

305.31

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

Feminism

Feminist theory

Men

Sex

Social Philosophy

Feminism and Feminist Theory

Mens' Studies

Gender Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Alternatives to Toxicity -- Chapter 2: Masculinity in Early Feminist Philosophy -- Chapter 3: Androgyny and the End of Manhood -- Chapter 4: Feminist Reclamations of Masculinity -- Chapter 5: Allyship and Feminist Masculinity -- Chapter 6: Allyship Masculinities in the Unjust Meantime. .

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book argues for allyship masculinity as an open-ended, intersectional model for feminist men. It provides a roadmap for navigating between toxic masculinity on one side, and feminist androgyny on the other. Normative visions for what men should be take many forms. For some it is love and mindfulness; for others, wildness and heroic virtue. For still others the desire to separate a healthy manhood from toxic masculinity is a mistake: better to refuse to be men and salvage our humanity. Though Ben Almassi challenges the visions that Mary Wollstonecraft, bell hooks, and others have offered,



he shares their belief that masculinity can be grounded in feminist values and practices. Almassi argues that we can make sense of relational allyship as practices of feminist masculinity, such that men can make distinctive and constructive contributions to gender justice in the unjust meantime.