{"product_id":"not-all-dead-white-men-by-donna-zuckerberg-9780674241411","title":"Not All Dead White Men","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA virulent strain of antifeminism is thriving online that treats women's empowerment as a mortal threat to men and to the integrity of Western civilization. Its proponents cite ancient Greek and Latin texts to support their claims—from Ovid's \u003ci\u003eArs Amatoria\u003c\/i\u003e to Seneca and Marcus Aurelius—arguing that they articulate a model of masculinity that sustained generations but is now under siege. \u003ci\u003eNot All Dead White Men\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that some of the most controversial and consequential debates about the legacy of the ancients are raging not in universities but online.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A chilling account of trolling, misogyny, racism, and bad history proliferated online by the Alt-Right. Zuckerberg makes a persuasive case for why we need a new, more critical, and less comfortable relationship between the ancient and modern worlds in this important and very timely book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Emily Wilson, translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Explores how ideas about Ancient Greece and Rome are used and misused by antifeminist thinkers today.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Zuckerberg presciently analyses these communities' embrace of stoicism as a self-help tool to gain confidence, jobs, and girlfriends. Their adoration of men like Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Ovid is founded in a limited and distorted interpretation of ancient philosophy lending heft and authority to sexism and abuse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Traces the application—and misapplication—of classical authors and texts in online communities that see feminism as a threat.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e- \u003ci\u003eBitch Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431756480748,"sku":"9780674241411","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674241411.jpg?v=1774557249","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/not-all-dead-white-men-by-donna-zuckerberg-9780674241411","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}