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Despite much talk of its decline, the nuclear family persists as a structure central to contemporary society, a fact to be lamented, according to the ideas of Michèle Barrett and Mary McIntosh. The Anti-social Family dissects the network of household, kinship and sexual relations that constitute the family form in advanced capitalist societies to show how they reinforce conditions of inequality. This classic work explores the personal and social needs that the family promises to meet but more often denies, and proposes moral and political practices for more egalitarian caring alternatives.
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The Anti-social Family, Miche le Barrett, Mary McIntosh
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- Released
- 2015
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- Title
- The Anti-social Family
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Miche le Barrett, Mary McIntosh
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 1781687595
- ISBN13
- 9781781687598
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Political Science & Politics, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, Feminism, Gender
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Despite much talk of its decline, the nuclear family persists as a structure central to contemporary society, a fact to be lamented, according to the ideas of Michèle Barrett and Mary McIntosh. The Anti-social Family dissects the network of household, kinship and sexual relations that constitute the family form in advanced capitalist societies to show how they reinforce conditions of inequality. This classic work explores the personal and social needs that the family promises to meet but more often denies, and proposes moral and political practices for more egalitarian caring alternatives.