In Feminism Against Progress, Mary Harrington argues that the
industrial-era faith in progress is turning against all but a tiny
elite of women. Women’s liberation was less the result of human
moral progress than an effect of the material consequences of the
Industrial Revolution. We’ve now left the industrial era for the
age of AI, biotech and all-pervasive computing. As a result,
technology is liberating us from natural limits and embodied sex
differences. Although this shift benefits a small class of
successful professional women, it also makes it easier to commodify
women’s bodies, human intimacy and female reproductive abilities.
This is a stark warning against a dystopian future whereby poor
women become little more than convenient sources of body parts to
be harvested and wombs to be rented by the rich. Progress has now
stopped benefiting the majority of women, and only a feminism that
is sceptical of it can truly defend female interests in the 21st
century.
General
Imprint: |
Swift Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2024 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Mary Harrington
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
224 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80075-204-7 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-80075-204-0 |
Barcode: |
9781800752047 |
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