Manliness

by Mansfield, Harvey C.,, Jr

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Title Statements

Full title :Manliness / Harvey C. Mansfield.

Summary

This is the first comprehensive study of manliness, a quality both bad and good, mostly male, often intolerant, irrational, and ambitious. Our "gender-neutral society" does not like it but cannot get rid of it. Drawing from science, literature, and philosophy, Mansfield examines the layers of manliness, from vulgar aggression, to assertive manliness, to manliness as virtue, and to philosophical manliness. He shows that manliness seeks and welcomes drama, prefers times of war, conflict, and risk, and brings change or restores order at crucial moments. After a wide-ranging tour from stereotypes to Hemingway and Achilles, to Nietzsche, to feminism, and to Plato, the author returns to today's problem of "unemployed manliness." Formulating a reasoned defense of a quality hardly obedient to reason, he urges men, and especially women, to understand and accept manliness, and to give it honest and honorable employment.--From publisher description

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2006

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2006

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780300129939, 0300129939, 9781281722324, 1281722324, 9786611722326, 6611722327
oclc:ocn123200668
LC Classification:HQ1090
Dewey Decimal:305.31

The gender-neutral society -- Manliness as stereotype -- Manly assertion -- Manly nihilism -- Womanly nihilism -- The manly liberal -- Manly virtue -- Conclusion: Unemployed manliness.

Subjects

Assertiveness Assertiveness (Psychology) Assertivité Assertiviteit Erfelijkheid en omgeving Feminism Feminisme Hérédité et milieu Manliness Mannelijkheid Masculinité -- Aspect politique Masculinité -- Philosophie Masculinity -- Philosophy Masculinity -- Political aspects Nature and nurture Rôle selon le sexe Sex role Social Science -- Gender Studies SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General