{"product_id":"feminism-beyond-left-and-right-hardback-9781509564798","title":"Feminism Beyond Left and Right (Hardback) 9781509564798","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFeminism Beyond Left and Right\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHolly Lawford-Smith (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509564798, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 May 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e164 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In this tightly argued and persuasive book, Lawford-Smith thinks her way through questions of political affiliation, feminist activism and what it takes to achieve change rather than simply signal one's position. For those of us who count ourselves as feminists but not of the left, it's an invigorating read. For leftists who think our rejection of their politics means we're not feminists, it should be eye-opening.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Joyce, author of \u003ci\u003eTrans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this powerfully argued book about the essential nature of feminism, Holly Lawford-Smith contends that a feminist is someone who works to defend the rights and interests of \u003ci\u003ewomen\u003c\/i\u003e, as a distinct class of people. Feminism has no other agenda and is not the captive of any other ideal or ideology. In clear, accessible writing, Lawford-Smith develops a cogent case for this view by means of rigorous philosophical argument, without the polemics that disfigure so much other writing on the issues she addresses.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff McMahan, University of Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eshed[s] much-needed light on today's 'woman question'\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpiked\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAn unquestioned assumption of contemporary politics is that the left owns minority groups, in the sense that the left, exclusively, champions the interests of minorities and is for that reason owed the allegiance of minorities. This, in turn, gives rise to the sense of dissonance created by right-wing dissenters—the black social conservative, the gay ultra-nationalist, the female libertarian, the poor pro-capitalist. This same dissonance exists for women and feminism, creating a default assumption that a feminist is a left-wing woman. We don’t make a distinction between left-wing feminists and feminists; we don’t need to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere’s nothing a philosopher loves more than an unquestioned assumption, and in this book political philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith systematically dismantles the assumption that feminism is an exclusively left-wing project. Once dismantled, the path is clear to a new set of questions. Who counts as a feminist in the first place? If women from anywhere on the political spectrum can be feminists, who is it that feminists should—or shouldn't—be working with? And what can be said, more generally, about the ethics of alliances and coalitions?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFeminism Beyond Left and Right\u003c\/i\u003e Lawford-Smith makes the case for non-partisan feminism, feminism outside the constraints of the left-right political spectrum, a feminism for and about all women as women.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Who is a feminist?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The 1960s: feminists leaving the left\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. What’s wrong with the right?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The myth of left and right\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Ethical versus political reasons to not ‘work with’\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Moving forward with non-partisan feminism\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501440397592,"sku":"9781509564798","price":39.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509564798.jpg?v=1786239041","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/feminism-beyond-left-and-right-hardback-9781509564798","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}