Gyn/Ecology - The Metaethics of Radical Feminism

By Mary Daly

Book Overview

This revised edition includes a New Intergalactic Introduction by the Author.Mary Daly's New Intergalactic Introduction explores her process as a Crafty Pirate on the Journey of Writing Gyn/Ecology... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807015113
• ISBN13: 9780807015117
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 485 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.

Customer Reviews

This book has changed me.

Can you "handle the truth?" If so, read this book! Daly uncovers truths about the atrocities committed against women by men. Daly's piece will horrify, enrage, enlighten and empower any woman who is willing to "go there."

A RADICAL FEMINIST REJECTION OF CULTURAL RELATIVISM

This is probably the most accessible book Mary Daly has written in the 30+ years she has been exploring & indicting patriarchal institutions & "morals". Unlike "Pure Lust", which was difficult to understand w/o a background in philosophy & theology, "Gyn/Ecology" explores the methods that have been used to keep women bound, showing a relationship btwn such seemingly disparate phenomena as Nazism & gynecology, witch-burnings & Chinese footbinding. The historical facts are well-researched & supported thru direct quotations from men who have perpetrated & defended the torture & killing of women in the name of "culture". Daly strongly refutes the argument that one society cannot judge the practices of another, proclaiming that the lives of women take precedence over such constructs as culture. This book touched me, angered me, inspired me...