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Greed, Lust and Gender - A History of Economic Ideas (Hardcover)
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Greed, Lust and Gender - A History of Economic Ideas (Hardcover)
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When does the pursuit of self-interest go too far, lapsing into
morally unacceptable behavior? 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.
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