In a pioneering reinterpretation of the role of mainstream feminism, Eisenstein shows how the ruling elites of developed countries utilize women's labor and the ideas of women's liberation and empowerment to maintain their economic and political power, both at home and abroad. Her explorations range from the abolition of welfare as we know it and the ending of the family wage in the United States to the creation of export-processing zones in the global South that depend on women's nimble fingers; and from the championing of microcredit as a path to women's empowerment in the global South to the claim of women's presumed liberation in the West as an ideological weapon in the war on terrorism. Eisenstein challenges activists and intellectuals to recognize that international feminism is at a fateful crossroads, and argues that it is crucial for feminists to throw in their lot with the progressive forces that are seeking alternatives to globalized corporate capitalism.
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One of the leading intellectuals of contemporary feminism builds a troubling analysis of where mainstream American feminism has gone-celebrating gains for middle-class women, but also converging with ruthless corporate interests that exploit or marginalize most of the world's women. ... Her remedy, need to be heard by everyone concerned with women's interests and with social justice. -- Raewyn Connell, author of Southern Theory In this impressive book, Hester Eisenstein provides a provocative update of the classic argument of the relationship between Marxism and feminism. ... What sets her analysis apart is her unflinching critique of hegemonic feminism's complicity in abandoning issues of class and race even as it pays lip service to them. -- Manisha Desai, Director Women's Studies Program, University of Connecticut Feminism Seduced offers a compelling - and deeply unsettling - historically grounded account of the unintended consequences of late twentieth-century feminism. Eisenstein provocatively argues that ideas derived from the mainstream women's movement were appropriated by global corporations and the political force. ... Timely reading. -- Ruth Milkman, UCLA
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Hester Eisenstein is Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Her previous books include Contemporary Feminist Thought (1983) and Inside Agitators: Australian Femocrats and the State (1996). She has taught at Yale, Columbia, and SUNY-Buffalo, and served as a femocrat in the state government of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
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A well written and well researched critique of modern feminism by a leading feminist intellectual. It traces the historical development of the contemporary situation, often using marxist concepts and categories. The way in which elites use supposedly liberating ideas to secure power, maximise profit, dissolve social bonds and spread alienating values is partially explored in this book. Second wave feminism has been endorsed by the state because it serves the trends of modern globalising capitalism. The author helpfully includes at the beginning of the book a personal account of her origins and interest in the issues. I enjoyed reading this clear, informative and interesting book and would recommend it to anyone with an intelligent interest in modern politics.
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