Who's Afraid of Charles Darwin?
Debating Feminism and Evolutionary Theory
By (author) Griet Vandermassen Foreword by Margo Wilson

Publication date:
10 February 2005Length of book:
240 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
231x156mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780742543515
Why should feminism and the biological sciences be at odds? And what might be gained from a reconciliation? In Who's Afraid of Charles Darwin? Vandermassen shows that, rather than continuing this enmity, feminism and the biological sciences—and in particular evolutionary psychology—have the need and the potential to become powerful allies. Properly understood, the Darwinian perspective proposed in this volume will become essential to tackling the major issues in feminism.
Vandermassen demonstrates the power and elegance of Darwinian modes of explanation of the range and diversity of sex differences and, in doing so, has opened up a new form of feminist theory.