Men with assault rifles, balaclavas and Hawaiian shirts pulled over bulletproof vests. Horned warriors with painted faces and fur headdresses draped over their naked torsos.  The storming of the Capitol brought together men who had previously come across one another only online in the Manosphere. These were men with a common interest, followers of a male-supremacist ideology, who rioted in order to fight for their privilege.  Before then, the world had looked on as devastating attacks were carried out by incels: those who seek to gain unfettered access to women’s bodies by redrawing the hierarchy of the sexes in order to ensure the subjugation of women. For all of these men, masculinity is a political project, and the events at the Capitol were one episode in a growing movement. From the US and Canada to New Zealand, from Poland to Brazil, right-wing extremists, religious fundamentalists and male supremacists are coming together in order to translate their reactionary dreams of male domination into politics, underscoring the masculine roots of the authoritarian backlash.Also available as an audiobook.
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Acknowledgments IntroductionI. Organized MisogynyThe Incel MovementA New Type of Misogynist MasculinityThe “Manosphere”: A Reservoir of Aggrieved MenViolence against Women, Online and OfflineAttacks against WomenA New Form of Terrorism EmergesII. The Ideologies of Authoritarians: For the “Natural Order”Aggrieved EntitlementThe Politicization of MasculinityThe Prophets of the MasculinistsWhite ShariaIII. The Politics of MasculinityTranslating Aggrieved Entitlement into Political ActionUnholy AlliancesThe Networks and Strategies of the Anti-Gender MovementFollow the Money: How Transnational Movements Are BuiltRiding Hegemonic Masculinity to PowerBiologism as an Attack on DemocracyPoster Girls and Female ArchitectsConclusion: Masculinity in Uncertain TimesNotes
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‘Political Masculinity is an intelligent and urgently needed book on the global rise of misogyny, anti-feminism and toxic masculinity. Kaiser powerfully shows how male supremacists, right-wing populists and religious fundamentalists are tied together. From Trump to the incel movement, her book offers a thrilling and accessible deep dive into the masculinity struggles we read about in the headlines on a quasi-daily basis.’Julia Ebner, author of Going Dark: The Secret Social Lives of Extremists ‘We are witnessing a new conjuncture of political masculinity – aggressive, toxic and misogynistic. The book provides knowledgeable insights into global masculinist spaces, as well as processes of mobilizing masculinism. For those interested in gender, politics and de-democratization, a must!’Birgit Sauer, University of Vienna‘[T]he breadth and nuance present in Kaiser’s analysis firmly situates Political Masculinity as requisite reading for scholars concerned with the reshaping of hegemonic masculinity, the gendered character of the far-right, or the authoritarian turn in contemporary politics.’Social Forces
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781509550814
Publisert
2022-05-20
Utgiver
Vendor
Polity Press
Vekt
340 gr
Høyde
213 mm
Bredde
137 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
220

Forfatter
Oversetter

Biographical note

Susanne Kaiser is a journalist and political consultant who writes for Die Zeit and Der Spiegel.