The dignity of dependence : a feminist manifesto / Leah Libresco Sargeant.
| Author/creator | Libresco, Leah author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2025] |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | viii, 219 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Catholic ideas for a secular world Catholic ideas for a secular world. ^A1305589 |
| Contents | The World Is the Wrong Shape for Women -- The Lie of the Lonely Individual -- Helping Women Be Better Men -- The Incredible Shrinking Woman -- The Limits of Labor Language -- Illegal to Care -- The Blessing of Burdens -- Men into the Breach -- The School of Love. |
| Abstract | "The Dignity of Dependence argues that women's equal rights depend on advocating for women as women. The world is not ready to welcome women as women; a culture that fears dependence and asks everyone to aim for autonomy and independence will always be a society hostile to women. Women are expected to care for those around them while living in a society that despises need and penalizes those who care for the weak. The Dignity of Dependence aims to liberate women and men from this corrosive and false ideal of the human person as strongest alone. Leah Libresco Sargeant argues that to thrive, human beings need to exist in webs of mutual dependence, not in isolating, radical autonomy. Women's equal dignity doesn't require women to deny biological reality or attempt to be interchangeable with men. Sargeant advocates for building a culture that accepts and celebrates women as they are rather than demanding that women keep their relationships and their bodies in check. The fight for women's dignity is a fight for a full, human dignity--a dignity that isn't threatened by dependence. It is our need for each other that makes us human."-- description from publisher's website, https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268210335/the-dignity-of-dependence/, accessed 20250925. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-207) and index. |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9780268210403 |
| ISBN | 9780268210335 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0268210330 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (electronic book) |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000295706 |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | HQ1233 .S27 2025 | Due 12/15/2026 | Want This? |