Reviews for Hegel's social and political thought

The average rating for Hegel's social and political thought based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-10 00:00:00 Damar b Amarapit I want to say I liked it, because it was really comprehensive, which is often missing in sexology books (at least according to my instructor, I haven't read a lot on the subject). I'm thinking specifically on how it was very interdisciplinary (sociology, cognitive, behaviouralist, biology, many more). That said, it also featured theories and schools of thought which are no longer used, and it could have used less time on those and just mentioned them instead of lingering as if they are equal to new schools of thought and theories that is supported by better understanding and respect and more scientific evidence. (...It was a bit long and I've been considering what parts I would have left out). However, it had a few things that annoyed me, even though it is probably a general lack of study in the area instead of this specific author not being thorough enough. This was especially evident concerning LGBTQ+, though personally I mostly noticed it in regards to wlw/lesbian parts of it. Carroll tries hard to balance between respectful scientific explanations and pathologizing gender and sexuality that is not cis or hetero. It could be better, it could be worse. If you're looking for a nuanced study of gender and sexuality I would recommend the internet over this, but if you're just starting and not LGBTQ+ it could be a good gateway, I guess. It felt a little pretentious, overall, but Carroll did seem knowledgable about the subject. It was very large and unwieldy, which made reading it frustrating. It's physically large, fairly thick, and soft-cover, meaning it needs a (large) flat service to read or a lot of manoeuvring. Too expensive!! If it's for class I would wait to see if it's absolutely necessary before buying it. If you can rent it or resell it, I guess that's an option. I feel like I'm being very critical right now, but there was some genuinely interesting things in it! I am probably biased since I didn't realise what exactly Human Sexuality class would be about before taking it, and it apparently includes a lot more biology and chemistry than I feel like I signed up for! And it also helped me discover that though I like most social sciences, I'm not into psychology. BTW, if you can't handle graphic images of sex, nudity, STIs, etc this is not the book for you. Personally, I would have been fine with it if I had been more prepared to see them or read about difficult subjects. I would probably look for a trigger warning list, if I could recommend something to my future self, but off the top of my head: genital mutilation (female, male, intersex), STIs, death, paedophilia, other paraphilias (benign and less so), death, rape and assault, children being subjected to these as well, and stories/accounts from adults and children who have been through these things, as well as accounts and stories of perpetuators, whom sometimes try to excuse or rationalise or justify these.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-05-31 00:00:00 David Dove I found this text especially great because while it assumes that all humans are equal beings and much more similar to one another than they are different, it takes time in each module of learning to individually address women's perspectives, men's perspectives, gay and trans perspectives, and young adult and elderly adult perspectives.