Feminism Against Progress

Mary Harrington

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English

Forum
30 April 2024

Gender studies: women

In Feminism Against Progress, Mary Harrington argues that the industrial-era faith in progress is turning against all but a tiny elite of women. Women's liberation was less the result of human moral progress than an effect of the material consequences of the Industrial Revolution. We've now left the industrial era for the age of AI, biotech and all-pervasive computing. As a result, technology is liberating us from natural limits and embodied sex differences. Although this shift benefits a small class of successful professional women, it also makes it easier to commodify women's bodies, human intimacy and female reproductive abilities.

This is a stark warning against a dystopian future whereby poor women become little more than convenient sources of body parts to be harvested and wombs to be rented by the rich. Progress has now stopped benefiting the majority of women, and only a feminism that is sceptical of it can truly defend female interests in the 21st century.

By: Mary Harrington
Imprint: Forum
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781800752047
ISBN 10: 1800752040
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 30 April 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mary Harrington is a writer whose work has appeared in the Times, The Spectator, The New Statesman, The Daily Mail, and First Things, among others. She is a Contributing Editor at UnHerd.

Reviews for Feminism Against Progress

'A bracingly provocative read from one of progressive feminism's most ingenious critics' - Kathleen Stock, author of Material Girls 'Like downing a packet of Tangfastics after a lifetime of gruel' - Louise Perry, author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution 'Brilliant, bold and beautifully written, Feminism Against Progress is sure to infuriate - and inspire' - Erika Bachiochi, author of The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision 'Essential reading for the left' - Lord Maurice Glasman, author of Blue Labour: The Politics of the Common Good 'Original, fearless and profound' - Helen Joyce, author of Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality