A vital exploration of gender politics from a highly influential philosopher who has been described as 'the Simone de Beauvoir of the 21st century'
Kate Manne is an associate professor of philosophy at Cornell University. The author of the acclaimed books Entitled and Down Girl, she was named one of the 'World's Top 10 Thinkers' by Prospect magazine.
I want to press it on every schoolgirl who thinks that feminism is
uncool, any woman who thinks the most important gender battles are
won, pretty much every man I know, and say, have you thought about
this?
*New Statesman*
With perspicacity and clear, jargon-free language, Manne keeps
elevating the discussion to show how male privilege is an entire
moral framework... The rage and sadness of the book is lifted by
the final chapter in which she addresses her unborn daughter,
wishing for her all the things she should feel entitled to... For
Manne's daughter and many others, this book will make that fight a
little bit easier
*Guardian*
Entitled presents a paradigm that maps neatly onto life in
lockdown. . . Once again, Manne's work is speaking to a moment that
she could not have foreseen. . . Her concept of entitlement is
versatile and useful; like the theory of gravity, it has equal
power in explaining phenomena both big and small
*New Yorker*
Kate Manne is the Simone de Beauvoir of the 21st century
*Amanda Marcotte*
Entitled is not just timely, but timeless -- sure to be part of the
feminist canon
*Jessica Valenti*
Incisive, perceptive and profound. . . an absolute must-read
*Soraya Chemaly*
Entitled is not just timely, but timeless-sure to be part of the
feminist canon.
*Jessica Valenti, author of SEX OBJECT: A MEMOIR*
Kate Manne continues to be a thrilling and provocative feminist
thinker, who helps readers make sense of how power and privilege is
distributed along gendered lines. Her work is indispensable.
*Rebecca Traister, author of GOOD & MAD*
Entitled is a clarion call to undo the intimate ravages of
patriarchy. With probing clarity, Manne analyzes both the explicit
and implicit ways that advantage and preference are granted to
elite men, to the detriment of our families, communities and
democracy, and makes it strikingly clear that we all have a direct
role in pursuing a feminist future.
*Imani Perry, author of LOOKING FOR LORRAINE and BREATHE*
Kate Manne is among the greatest political philosophers of her
generation. Her work is clear, compelling and intellectually
devastating, and it matters to everyone who cares about thinking a
way through to a better future.
*Laurie Penny, author of UNSPEAKABLE THINGS*
Kate Manne has a special talent for articulating and expanding on
the implicit norms of patriarchal society-and the damage those
norms wreak on its citizenry. Entitled is electric.
*Darcy Lockman, author of ALL THE RAGE*
With eloquent prose and irrefutable evidence, Kate Manne gives
voice to a twenty-first century rage. Entitled builds on Manne's
earlier work on the forces of systemic patriarchy and the eternal
frustration felt by generations of women forced year after year to
fight for egalitarianism at the most fundamental levels. One of our
most prophetic and gifted feminist voices today, Manne's work is as
necessary as sunlight. Your anger may not be quelled by the final
page, but at least you'll feel less alone ... A staggering, timely
read.
*Rachel Louise Snyder, author of NO VISIBLE BRUISES*
In Entitled, Kate Manne gets right to the heart of gender, power,
and inequality: What men presume they deserve, and what women learn
we owe. The result is an unflinching indictment of male entitlement
in nearly every aspect of modern life. Entitled is exactly what we
need to understand our current moment-and to imagine something
better.
*Jill Filipovic, author of THE H-SPOT*
Kate Manne is the Simone de Beauvoir of the 21st century. In
Entitled, she compellingly lays out the stubborn social assumptions
behind our still-sexist cultural norms. Manne's writing is as
breezy as it is sharp and unflinching, and will give any
patriarchy-fighter the ammo she needs to keep fighting.
*Salon*
Kate Manne's brilliant breakdown of male entitlement is essential
to understanding the world we live in. Her thinking about this
critical and complex topic is characteristically incisive,
perceptive, and profound. Now, more than ever, Entitled is an
absolute must-read!
*Soraya Chemaly, author of RAGE BECOMES HER*
Kate Manne tackles the kaleidoscopic manifestations of male
entitlement with insights as invigorating as her subject matter is
frustrating. Her thinking is so elegant and her theory of male
entitlement as a symptom of a moral economy in which women are
perpetually in men's debt is so groundbreaking that the book is
sure to spark and inspire other feminist writers. Entitled is the
work of a once-in-a-generation mind, and as always, Manne succeeds
in leaving feminism richer and more robust than when she found
it.
*The Guardian*
Entitled is a painful book that sets things right. Manne guides us
through some of the most violent traumas our culture has to offer
women, starting with #MeToo creeps and murderous incels and
descending from there through just about every level of female
Hell. Yet Manne's marvelous clarity and cool in the face of the
unthinkable, her habit of crystallizing unspeakable problems into
simple sentences that stay with you for years, makes her the most
trustworthy possible guide through this house of horrors. One of
the most essential voices of our times.
*Sady Doyle, author of TRAINWRECK and DEAD BLONDES & BAD
MOTHERS*
Challenging, controversial, wide-ranging, and powerful, the eminent
young philosopher Kate Manne brings to bear her well-known theory
of patriarchy and misogyny on a range of contemporary issues,
providing powerful evidence of its ubiquity and pervasiveness on
everything from our ordinary interchanges with one another to our
health care systems and elections.
*Jason Stanley, author of HOW FASCISM WORKS*
In lucid prose, Kate Manne illustrates how male entitlement-to sex,
power, and knowledge; to women's care, doctors' attention, and the
benefit of the doubt-undergirds misogyny. Examining the special
effects of misogynoir and transmisogyny alongside hostile behaviors
that keep all women and non-binary people 'in their place,' Manne
provides a thorough (if by no means exhaustive) look at the ways we
prioritize cis men's needs and desires, to the detriment of half
the population.
*Kate Harding, author of ASKING FOR IT and co-editor of NASTY
WOMEN*
Manne's like a pathologist wielding a scalpel, methodically
dissecting various specimens of muddled argument to reveal the
diseased tissue inside . . . it's thrilling to read
*New York Times*
Entitled is a brilliant analysis of the systematic advantages and
prerogatives awarded to men for nothing more than being men. Its
deep engagement with real-world examples, eloquent prose, and
compelling arguments provide a corrective lens through which to
view the world without the blur and distortion that we don't even
notice. This is the world we live in, and although the clarity can
be painful, Manne also provides reason for hope.
*Sally Haslanger, Professor of Philosophy and Women’s & Gender
Studies, MIT*
A lively yet forensic analysis of systemic misogyny. . . Entitled
is the perfect guide to fight an imperfect world
*Times Higher Education*
The visionary author of Down Girl returns with a bracing and
brilliant study of male entitlement, bound to become a cornerstone
of contemporary feminist canon. . . Manne interrogates how
entitlement gives rise to misogynist violence, making for a
perceptive, precise, and gut-wrenching account of a social
framework with devastating consequences
*Esquire*
A trenchant and accessible follow-up to her powerful Down Girl
*Anna Funder*
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