Anthony Clare has been Professor and Head of Department of Psychological Medicine of St Bartholomew's Hospital and is Professor of Psychiatry at Dublin University. He is presenter of the popular series In the Psychiatrist's Chair.
Heralded as the book to do for men in the 1990s what Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch did for women in the 1970s, On Men attempts to evaluate the role of men and the state of masculinity in post-feminist society. Now that women have equal status, and innovations in reproductive technology mean that men are no longer required even for procreation, the male ego is under threat. Clare, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Trinity College, Dublin and presenter of BBC Radio 4's In the Psychiatrist's Chair, discusses whether the 'phallic man - dominant, aggressive and in control' is a dying phenomenon. Using research in biology, psychology, psychiatry and social relationships, and writing as a husband and father himself, Clare sees the way for men to move forward in today's society is to find their value - not in the public arena - but in more intimate, personal relationships. A sympathetic, lively study to accompany Clare's new Radio 4 series Men In Crisis. (Kirkus UK)