Beschreibung:
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. Jónasdóttir'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.
1. Introduction PART I Feminist Modes of Theorizing Sexuality and Gendered Power 2. Judith Butler and the Deconstruction of Reality 3. Anna Jónasdóttir and the Organic Roots of Power PART II Meta-Theoretical Interlude: Challenging Poststructuralist Feminism 4. Feminist Theory and Nature 5. Women and Men as Theoretical Categories PART III The Reality of Love and Power - a Feminist-Realist Depth Approach 6. Loving Him for Who He Is: The Microsociology of Power 7. Love - Exploitable Resource or 'No-Lose Situation'? 8. Men in Love: The Work of Repressing Reality 9. Reality and Change 10. Conclusion: Necessity and the Power of Love