{"product_id":"the-dialectic-of-sex-shulamith-firestone-9781250459152","title":"The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Dialectic of Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the world-changing manifestos of our time; reading it, one feels the extraordinary excitement of imagining human society anew.\" --Vivian Gornick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe landmark manifesto by Shulamith Firestone, now with an introduction by Andrea Long Chu.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA revelation upon its first publication in 1970--when Shulamith Firestone was just twenty-five years old--\u003ci\u003eThe Dialectic of Sex\u003c\/i\u003e was the first book of the women's liberation movement to combine feminist critique and full-scale radical politics. The problem of gender oppression, Firestone argues, organizes our society. It can only be eliminated by restructuring the entire world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd so the book ranges with fearless, almost reckless ambition across feminist history, romantic love, the exploitation of children, ecology, art, cybernetics, and the liberating possibilities of artificial reproduction. Blazingly ahead of its time, \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectic\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes Marx, Engels, and Freud with feminist consciousness to insist upon complete reproductive autonomy, the fluidity of sex and gender, and an end to the violence embedded in the so-called private sphere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirestone wanted not just freedom from oppression but freedom for something: a new way of organizing human life, desire, and connection. With curiosity, wit, and a dizzying intellectual force, \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectic of Sex \u003c\/i\u003easks readers to stretch their imaginations, to see that the other side of suffering is not only relief but the possibility of something different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shulamith Firestone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 125045915X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250459152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Shulamith Firestone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001496936703,"sku":"9781250459152","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dialectic-of-sex-shulamith-firestone-9781250459152","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}