Joining the Resistance

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Since the publication of her landmark book In a Different Voice,Carol Gilligan has transformed the way we think about women and menand the relations between them. It was 'the little book thatstarted a revolution', and with more than 800,000 copies inprint it has become one of the most widely read and influentialbooks ever written on gender and human development. In her new book Joining the Resistance Carol Gilliganreflects on the evolution of her thinking and shows how her keyideas were interwoven with her own life experiences. Her work beganwith the question of voice: who is speaking to whom, in what body,telling what stories about which relationships? By listeningcarefully she heard a voice that had been held in silence, and inthe process realized the extent to which we - both women andmen - had been telling false stories about ourselves. In her subsequent work Gilligan found that adolescent girlsresisted pressures to disengage themselves from their honestvoices, and by joining their resistance she opened the way for thedevelopment of a more humane way of thinking about personal andpolitical relationships. For the central conviction of her worktoday - and the central thesis of this book - is thatthe requisites for love and the requisites for citizenship in ademocratic society are one and the same. Both voice and the desireto live in relationships inherent in our human nature, togetherwith the capacity to resist false authority. Combining autobiographical reflection with an analysis of keyquestions about gender and human development, this timely andhighly readable book by one of America's greatestcontemporary thinkers will appeal to a wide readership.

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"It is fun moving through this book with Gilligan as she chances onthis or that element of patriarchy - in Freud, Lysistrata,Hawthorne, Marvell, Oresteia. And it is enlightening to watch herdemolish the wheeze of a child's support scheme which never was oris the simple mother/father/child triad." Review ofArts, Literature, Philosophy, and the Humanities "This is a small book about love, hope and empathy in the contextof Carol Gilligan's journey as a psychologist, a researcher,a writer and a feminist. It is a book that emerging social scienceresearchers and clinical practitioners will find much in,particularly with regard to her passion for qualitative researchand feminism." Sex Roles "An intelligent, mature and important contribution to the kind offeminism we all need and want ... Gilligan has written animportant book which should be read by all, not only by girls andwomen, but also by boys and men. Her invitation for all tojoin the resistance should be heeded, for its beneficiaries belongto humans of all genders and ages. In this sense, we shouldall count ourselves as feminists of Gilligan's type and thusmake way for a democratic society of caring equals." USC Graduate Journal "Helps heal the split between reason and emotion, mind andbody, self and relationships, especially as they relate to genderidentity. There is much food for thought in this work." Scientific and Medical Network "In Joining the Resistance, Gilligan makes a usefuldistincton in the debate about the ethic of care, by which herearlier work has been characterized and criticized, to emphasizeher main theoretical point: The way forward out of patriarchy is ademocratic solution that frees women and men to pursue a humanethic of care." Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books "Carol Gilligan is one of the pre-eminent psychologists ofour time. Joining the Resistance is a leap forward in what hasbecome her life-journey, connecting psychology to culture. The bookstands on its own as a work of art; it is beautifully written andlike the best sort of novel, full of surprises." Richard Sennett, New York University "Original work expands our humane capacity. In Joining theResistance, Carol Gilligan continues to inspire us. Hers is agenerous art, clearing a road that leads to a thriving place - oneof love and justice. Will we allow ourselves?" Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, author of Random Family: Love, Drugs,Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
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