The Man Problem

Destructive Masculinity in Western Culture

Ross Honeywill

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Palgrave Macmillan
01 December 2015

Social & political philosophy; Gender studies: men; Psychology

In The Man Problem, Ross Honeywill posits that the potential for evil in all men is the social, political, and economic problem of our age. Drawing on the work of social critics and theorists including Zygmunt Bauman, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Baudrillard, Slavoj Žižek, and others, the book traces destructive masculinity through cultural texts, social systems, and everyday life practices. Using the lens of social theory, social philosophy, feminist cultural studies, and sociology, The Man Problem explores the legacy of the Enlightenment as a context for a social world constructed by men (in modernity), deconstructed (in postmodernity) and reconstructed (in the liquid present). This book investigates the outlines of the patriarchy and why the men who legitimate it behave the way they do. Despite the troubled and troubling legacy of masculinity, Honeywill reveals an alternative path forward.

By: Ross Honeywill
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 3.992kg
ISBN: 9781137551689
ISBN 10: 1137551682
Pages: 217
Publication Date: 01 December 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ross Honeywill is an internationally recognized social theorist and researcher. His books have been published on three continents. Associate Professor (adjunct) at the Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, Australia, he has a PhD from the University of Tasmania. Applying value theory to social research for more than twenty years, he is best known for his work in Desire Economics and the NEO population classification. His current research is on social intelligence, feminist cultural studies, and gender equity.

Reviews for The Man Problem: Destructive Masculinity in Western Culture

'This book explores the potential for evil in men and traces its various manifestations in cultural texts, social systems, and everyday life. Ross Honeywill provides an excellent analysis of theoretical concepts and social processes that have been crucial to the development of Western culture. His discussion of contemporary culture is both revealing and convincing, and fully supports the concluding claim that it is in the culture of knowledge that the potential for men to 'exercise true, fully agentic morality' should be located.' - Katarzyna Wi?ckowska, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland