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Greed, Lust and Gender: A History of Economic Ideas

Nancy Folbre

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414 pages, parution le 21/10/2009
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This book dramatizes the history of self-interest by describing a centuries-long debate over greed, lust, and appropriate gender roles in terms that ordinary readers will enjoy. Ranging from the 18th century to the present, it offers a deft and engaging critique of economic history and the history of ideas from a feminist perspective.When does the pursuit of self-interest go too far, lapsing into morally unacceptable behaviour? Until the unprecedented events of the recent global financial crisis economists often seemed unconcerned with this question, even suggesting that "greed is good." A closer look, however, suggests that greed and lust are generally considered good only for men, and then only outside the realm of family life. The history of Western economic ideas shows that men have given themselves more cultural permission than women for the pursuit of both economic and sexual self-interest. Feminists have long contested the boundaries of this permission, demanding more than mere freedom to act more like men. Women have gradually gained the power to revise our conceptual and moral maps and to insist on a better-and less gendered-balance between self interest and care for others. This book brings women's work, their sexuality, and their ideas into the center of the dialectic between economic history and the history of economic ideas. It describes a spiralling process of economic and cultural change in Great Britain, France, and the United States since the 18th century that shaped the evolution of patriarchal capitalism and the larger relationship between production and reproduction. This feminist reinterpretation of our past holds profound implications for today's efforts to develop a more humane and sustainable form of capitalism.Introduction ; 1. The Eye of the Needle ; 2. The Springs of Desire ; 3. Defining Virtues ; 4. Free Trade but Not Free Love ; 5. The Limits of Affection ; 6. The Perfectibility of Man ; 7. The Greatest Happiness ; 8. Self-Love Triumphant ; 9. Production and Reproduction ; 10. Whose Wealth? ; 11. The Social Family ; 12. Equal Opportunities ; 13. The Subjection of Women ; 14. Declaring Independence ; 15. The Icy Waters ; 16. The Sacred Sphere ; 17. The Unproductive Housewife ; 18. The Nanny State ; 19. Human Capitalism ; 20. Beyond Economic Man ; ConclusionNancy Folbre, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has won international recognition for her research on the interface between feminist theory and political economy. Her empirical research focuses on the amount and value of time devoted to care of dependents. She has recently published Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family (Harvard University Press, 2008), and co-edited Family Time: The Social Organization of Care (Routledge, 2004). She has written several books for a broad audience, including The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values (New Press, 2001) and four editions of the popular Field Guide to the U.S. Economy. A recipient of a five-year fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation, she is also a Charlotte Perkins Gilman Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, a past president of the International Association for Feminist Economics and an Associate Editor of the journal Feminist Economics.

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Éditeur(s) Oxford
Auteur(s) Nancy Folbre
Parution 21/10/2009
Nb. de pages 414
EAN13 9780199238422

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