Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women
| Category: | Book |
| By (author): | Manne, Kate |
| Subject: | NON-FICTION / General |
| PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy | |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory | |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies | |
| Publisher: | Crown |
| Published: | August 2020 |
| Format: | Book-hardcover |
| Pages: | 288 |
| Size: | 8.50in x 5.70in x 1.01in |
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| From The Publisher* | An urgent exploration of men's entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the acclaimed author of Down Girl "Kate Manne is a thrilling and provocative feminist thinker. Her work is indispensable."-Rebecca Traister In this bold and stylish critique, Cornell philosopher Kate Manne offers a radical new framework for understanding misogyny. Ranging widely across the culture, from Harvey Weinstein and the Brett Kavanaugh hearings to "Cat Person" and the political misfortunes of Elizabeth Warren, Manne's book shows how privileged men's sense of entitlement-to sex, yes, but more insidiously to admiration, care, bodily autonomy, knowledge, and power-is a pervasive social problem with often devastating consequences. In clear, lucid prose, Manne argues that male entitlement can explain a wide array of phenomena, from mansplaining and the undertreatment of women's pain to mass shootings by incels and the seemingly intractable notion that women are "unelectable." Moreover, Manne implicates each of us in toxic masculinity: It's not just a product of a few bad actors; it's something we all perpetuate, conditioned as we are by the social and cultural mores of our time. The only way to combat it, she says, is to expose the flaws in our default modes of thought while enabling women to take up space, say their piece, and muster resistance to the entitled attitudes of the men around them. With wit and intellectual fierceness, Manne sheds new light on gender and power and offers a vision of a world in which women are just as entitled as men to our collective care and concern. |
| Review Quote* | "Entitled is not just timely, but timeless-sure to be part of the feminist canon."-Jessica Valenti, columnist and author of Sex Object: A Memoir "Kate Manne tackles the kaleidoscopic manifestations of male entitlement with insights as invigorating as her subject matter is frustrating. Her thinking is so elegant and her theory of male entitlement as a symptom of a moral economy in which women are perpetually in men's debt is so groundbreaking that the book is sure to spark and inspire other feminist writers. Entitled is the work of a once-in-a-generation mind, and as always, Manne succeeds in leaving feminism richer and more robust than when she found it."-Moira Donegan, columnist, The Guardian "Kate Manne has a special talent for articulating and expanding on the implicit norms of patriarchal society-and the damage those norms wreak on its citizenry. Entitled is electric."-Darcy Lockman, author of All the Rage "Manne weaves feminist theory through a multitude of incidents that reveal patriarchy's spellbinding matrix, giving us the vocabulary and the stories to pass along to those, like her daughter, who will push for a more equitable world. Entitled is essential reading."-Kimberlé Crenshaw, UCLA School of Law and editor of Critical Race Theory "Kate Manne is among the greatest political philosophers of her generation. Her work is clear, compelling and intellectually devastating, and it matters to everyone who cares about thinking a way through to a better future."-Laurie Penny, author of Unspeakable Things "Kate Manne is the Simone de Beauvoir of the 21st century. In Entitled, she compellingly lays out the stubborn social assumptions behind our still-sexist cultural norms. Manne's writing is as breezy as it is sharp and unflinching, and will give any patriarchy-fighter the ammo she needs to keep fighting."-Amanda Marcotte, author of Troll Nation "Entitled is a clarion call to undo the intimate ravages of patriarchy. With probing clarity, Manne analyzes both the explicit and implicit ways that advantage and preference are granted to elite men, to the detriment of our families, communities and democracy, and makes it strikingly clear that we all have a direct role in pursuing a feminist future."-Imani Perry, author of Looking for Lorraine and Breathe "Kate Manne's brilliant breakdown of male entitlement is essential to understanding the world we live in. Her thinking about this critical and complex topic is characteristically incisive, perceptive, and profound. Now, more than ever, Entitled is an absolute must-read!"-Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her |
| Biographical Note | Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University, where she has taught since 2013. She did her graduate work at MIT and was a junior fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. The author of Down Girl, Manne has written for The New York Times, Boston Review, HuffPost, The Times Literary Supplement, and Politico, among other publications. She was recently named one of the "World's Top 10 Thinkers" by Prospect (UK). |