Research Catalog

Title

The gendered atom : reflections on the sexual psychology of science / Theodore Roszak ; foreword by Jane Goodall.

Author

Roszak, Theodore, 1933-2011.

Publication

Berkeley, Calif. : Conari Press, 1999.

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Details

Description

xiv, 174 pages; 21 cm

Summary

• "Modern scientists, from the age of Galileo and Newton, have subjected nature - Mother Earth - to a typically masculine drive to control and exploit. Deftly drawing on insights from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - the classic tale of science gone mad - and from the new field of feminist psychology, the author shows how centuries of male domination have distorted not only scientific research and development, but also our relationship to one another and to the natural world."--BOOK JACKET.
• "The Gendered Atom envisions a new, gender-free science that lies beyond sexual politics, respects our community with nature, and promises a healthier, more sustainable relationship between ourselves and the world we inhabit."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Science and psychology
• Psychology > Philosophy
• Sex (Psychology)
• Feminist psychology
• Science > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword / Jane Goodall -- 1. Frankenstein, Feminism, and the Fate of the Earth -- 2. The Nuclear Winter of 1816 -- 3. The Largest Scientific Machine in the World -- 4. The Psychology of the Quark -- 5. "The Power Is There" -- 6. Macho Science -- 7. The Rape of Nature -- 8. "The Corpse of My Dead Mother ..." -- 9. Deep Community -- 10. The Black Madonna -- 11. "Only Connect!" -- Afterword: The Idols of the Bedchamber.

ISBN

1573241717 (hardcover)

LCCN

99016074

OCLC

ocm41452567

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries