| Title | : | Future is Feminine, The: Capitalism and the Masculine Disorder |
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| ISBN | : | 1350149772 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781350149779 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 220 |
| Publication | : | Published June 17, 2021 |
From the perspective of a trans woman raised to be a man, the book maps the disorder and speculates on the possible means to overcome it. Instead of signifying weakness, catastrophes can be prevented when the qualities men often fear and women often feel subordinated to are prioritised, affirmed and nourished. Drawing, amongst others, on Marx and Freud, Cremin eloquently demonstrates why there can be no future other than one in which we are all reconciled as a society with the feminine. In such a future, the terms 'masculine' and 'feminine' will neither define us nor determine our relationship to one another.
Future is Feminine, The: Capitalism and the Masculine Disorder Reviews
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I found myself looking into this book based on a mediocre talk given by Dr. Cremin during a symposium reckoning and engaging with the work of Žižek. She, unsurprisingly, took a critical approach and seemed to flatly misunderstand his positions and sets herself up as in contention to Žižek’s alleged bigotry. Her lack of understanding is highlighted by her Q&A to that talk as well as her missed-mark response to Žižek’s own presentation.
This is a middling text of somebody who grasps at psychoanalytic and philosophical rigor only to create a text with uncompelling ideas that develop wholly uninteresting claims. This book is old hat. Others have said what’s in this book already in better and more insightful ways without making the same trite and essentialist statements. The future is feminine? What is this, the ‘70s? The racial dimension is largely underdeveloped. As is the spiritual. This text presents something that is neither profound nor entertaining. Cremin presents a set of ideas that I would expect of an (under)graduate student. That is, somebody writing with a conclusion in mind and is merely churning out sludge… erm… fluff to prop up the end-goal. This is reasoning from the conclusion backwards. This is a good study in poor inquiry. Reason forwards. Take the ideas and premises to their extent, to their conclusions. Take them as far as they can go. The author, on the other hand, already knows where she wants to end up. So everything that precedes is simply… words. Unremarkable work. -
A provocative examination of the intersection between capitalism and masculinity. Cremin's conception of the masculine disorder is sure to inspire needed and productive debate. I'm looking forward to future studies of these conceptions of masculinity and femininity that bring an historical and geographical perspective to the various transformations that have occurred through different stages of capitalist crises and development.
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This is a great sequel to Man Made Woman, which I thought was an incredible book. Cremin's work belongs on the shelf alongside Halberstam, Preciado and Wark, as someone who can reflect on trans issues through a world-historical and marxist inflected lens.
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eril bir bozukluk olarak tanımladığım ve teşhis ettiğim şey, benliğin ruh sağlığı ve başkalarının refahı için hayati olan yönlerinin bastırılması ve sabote edilmesidir. hassasiyet, empati, şehvet, başkalarını önemseme - çok çeşitli duygu ve duygulanımlar - kadınsı ve dolayısıyla erkeksi olmayan olarak kabul edildiğinde, başı belada olan sadece erkekler değil, hepimizizdir. [...] bozukluk cinsiyete göre belirlenmez. [...] erkek bedenlerinde kadınsı göstergelerin yokluğu, anatomi, kromozomlar, testosteron seviyeleri, genetik veya buna benzer herhangi bir şeyle ilgili değil, sosyal durumun belirtisidir.
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I don't think I'll ever read a more thought-provoking book.
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Cutting edge theory
