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The power of love has become a renewed matter of feminist and
non-feminist attention in the 21st century's theory debates. What
is this power? Is it a form of domination? Or is it a liberating
force in our contemporary societies? Within Feminism and the Power
of Love lies the central argument that, although love is a crucial
site of gendered power asymmetries, it is also a vital source of
human empowerment that we cannot live without. Instead of
emphasizing "either-or", this enlightening title puts the dualities
and contradictions of love center stage. Indeed, by offering
various theoretical perspectives on what makes love such a central
value and motivator for people, this title will increase one's
understanding as to why love can keep people in its grip - even
when practiced in ways that deplete and oppress. In light of such
analyses, the contributions within Feminism and the Power of Love
present new perspectives on the conditions and characteristics of
non-oppressive, mutually enhancing ways of loving. Bridging the gap
between Feminist Affect Studies and Feminist Love Studies, this
book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students,
including postdoctoral researchers, interested in fields such as
women's and gender studies, sociology, political science,
philosophy, cultural studies and sexuality studies.
The Contradictions of Love: Towards a feminist-realist ontology of
sociosexuality offers a robust and multifaceted theoretical account
of how, in contemporary western societies, women continue to be
subordinated to men through sexual love. The book defends and
elaborates Anna G. Jonasdottir's thesis that men tend to exploit
women of their 'love power', by means of an innovative application
of critical realism, dialectical critical realism and the
philosophy of metaReality. Gunnarsson also offers a critique of the
state of affairs of contemporary feminist theory. The author
demonstrates that the meta-theoretical framework of critical
realism offers the tools that can counter the poststructuralist
hegemony still prevailing in feminist theory. On a general level,
The Contradictions of Love attempts at reconciling theoretical
positions which tend to appear in opposition to one another. In
particular, it offers a way of bridging the gap between the notion
of love as a locus of exploitation and that of love as a force
which can conquer oppression. This book is a unique and timely
contribution in the field of feminist theory, in that it offers the
first elaborate assessment and development of Jonasdottir's
important but relatively sidestepped work, and in that it counters
poststructuralist trends from the point of view of a robust
critical realist framework that has hitherto been spectacularly
absent in feminist theory, although it offers solutions to
metatheoretical problems at the forefront of feminist debates; in
the field of critical realism broadly defined, in that it
elaborates on crucial ontological themes of (dialectical) critical
realism and the philosophy of metaReality via a discussion of the
issues of love, sexuality, gender and power; and finally, in the
field of love studies, in that it offers a sophisticated account of
how gender asymmetries prevail in love despite norms of gender
equality and reciprocity, and in that it reconciles feminist,
conflict-oriented perspectives on love with notions of love as
transcending conflict.
This book marks a pivotal moment in the intensifying dialogue
between the philosophical approach of critical realism and the
fields of feminist theory and gender research. During the last
three decades, these fields have been decisively influenced by
poststructuralist perspectives. As such perspectives are
increasingly being challenged, this book argues that critical
realism is able to serve as a fruitful resource for carving out new
paths for feminist theorizing and research. At the same time, it
argues that feminist insights on gender and knowledge production
have the potential to significantly enrich the field of critical
realist philosophy as well. Hence, this book serves as a forum for
a number of interventions that, in different ways, explore
synergetic potentials as well as tensions between critical realist
and various feminist perspectives. It engages in debates over the
conditions of knowledge production and the relationship of
knowledge to the world, offers new ways of understanding sex,
gender and power, as well as the intersectional interplay of
diverse power relations, and explores how critical realism relates
to new materialist and postpositivist realist approaches. This book
was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Critical Realism.
In assessing the current state of feminism and gender studies,
whether on a theoretical or a practical level, it has become
increasingly challenging to avoid the conclusion that these fields
are in a state of disarray. Indeed, feminist and gender studies
discussions are beset with persistent splits and disagreements.
This reader suggests that returning to, and placing centre-stage,
the role of philosophy, especially critical realist philosophy of
science, is invaluable for efforts that seek to overcome or
mitigate the uncertainty and acrimony that have resulted from this
situation. In particular, it claims that the dialectical logic that
runs through critical realist philosophy is ideally suited to
advancing feminist and gender studies discussions about broad
ontological and epistemological questions and considerations,
intersectionality, and methodology, methods, and empirical
research. By bringing together four new and eight existing writings
this reader provides both a focal point for renewed discussions
about the potential and actual contributions of critical realist
philosophy to feminism and gender studies and a timely contribution
to these discussions.
The power of love has become a renewed matter of feminist and
non-feminist attention in the 21st century's theory debates. What
is this power? Is it a form of domination? Or is it a liberating
force in our contemporary societies? Within Feminism and the Power
of Love lies the central argument that, although love is a crucial
site of gendered power asymmetries, it is also a vital source of
human empowerment that we cannot live without. Instead of
emphasizing "either-or", this enlightening title puts the dualities
and contradictions of love center stage. Indeed, by offering
various theoretical perspectives on what makes love such a central
value and motivator for people, this title will increase one's
understanding as to why love can keep people in its grip - even
when practiced in ways that deplete and oppress. In light of such
analyses, the contributions within Feminism and the Power of Love
present new perspectives on the conditions and characteristics of
non-oppressive, mutually enhancing ways of loving. Bridging the gap
between Feminist Affect Studies and Feminist Love Studies, this
book will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students,
including postdoctoral researchers, interested in fields such as
women's and gender studies, sociology, political science,
philosophy, cultural studies and sexuality studies.
The Contradictions of Love: Towards a feminist-realist ontology of
sociosexuality offers a robust and multifaceted theoretical account
of how, in contemporary western societies, women continue to be
subordinated to men through sexual love. The book defends and
elaborates Anna G. Jonasdottir's thesis that men tend to exploit
women of their 'love power', by means of an innovative application
of critical realism, dialectical critical realism and the
philosophy of metaReality. Gunnarsson also offers a critique of the
state of affairs of contemporary feminist theory. The author
demonstrates that the meta-theoretical framework of critical
realism offers the tools that can counter the poststructuralist
hegemony still prevailing in feminist theory. On a general level,
The Contradictions of Love attempts at reconciling theoretical
positions which tend to appear in opposition to one another. In
particular, it offers a way of bridging the gap between the notion
of love as a locus of exploitation and that of love as a force
which can conquer oppression. This book is a unique and timely
contribution in the field of feminist theory, in that it offers the
first elaborate assessment and development of Jonasdottir's
important but relatively sidestepped work, and in that it counters
poststructuralist trends from the point of view of a robust
critical realist framework that has hitherto been spectacularly
absent in feminist theory, although it offers solutions to
metatheoretical problems at the forefront of feminist debates; in
the field of critical realism broadly defined, in that it
elaborates on crucial ontological themes of (dialectical) critical
realism and the philosophy of metaReality via a discussion of the
issues of love, sexuality, gender and power; and finally, in the
field of love studies, in that it offers a sophisticated account of
how gender asymmetries prevail in love despite norms of gender
equality and reciprocity, and in that it reconciles feminist,
conflict-oriented perspectives on love with notions of love as
transcending conflict.
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