Reviews for Feminist Research in Theory and Practice

The average rating for Feminist Research in Theory and Practice based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-07-03 00:00:00 Dick Wang An enormously erudite book that traces the evolution of ideas of loving one's country. Viroli's main thesis is that what emerged initially as a love of the republic - of freedom and of a free way of living - changed in the early modern era into a cultural particularity as nationalism became tied to language and culture. One weakness of the book is that it's entirely and self-consciously Eurocentric, assuming that nothing of value on the subject happened outside the European public sphere. This makes it miss a lot, including the modern struggle between post-colonial, republican patriotism and cultural nationalism that is playing out in many non-European societies. In that sense, it highlighted an important duality even it has not fully explored it and proved the viability of such a strategy.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-01-04 00:00:00 joseph kuhn This is one of the few non-textbooks I've come across to cite specific research related to pornography as being non-harmful, or at the very least, as having a neutral impact. In the end, it basically says - "don't pay attention to the moral crusaders who want to ban all porn, here's the research saying it's not bad - and if you want to read those articles, you'll come to realize that there's no basis for these moral entrepreneurs' claims of the harm that comes from porn..." I liked the brief overview of the history of porn, the changing definitions of pornography over the ages, and the systematic evaluation of legal, moral, religious, & feminist objections to porn.