Clare Chambers – författare
Visar alla böcker från författaren . Handla med fri frakt och snabb leverans.
60 produkter
60 produkter
Inbunden, Svenska, 2024
219 kr
Skickas
Rolig och kärleksfull roman om vänskap, familj och hemligheter
Abigail Onions växer upp som hedersmedlem i vännen Frances Radleys excentriska familj. I motsats till Abigails lugna förortsfamilj är Radleys bohemiska hushåll präglat av kaos, vilda diskussioner och ett ständigt flöde av gäster. Abigail förtrollas av familjen och blir snabbt förälskad i Frances storebror Rad.
Snart är Abigail intrasslad i familjen Radley, som med tiden visar sig vara full av hemligheter och inte alls lika lycklig som vid första anblick. Efter en rad märkliga händelser bryter Abigail med familjen och träffar inte någon av dem igen, förrän hon av en slump stöter på Rad tretton år senare.
Simlektioner är en finstämd berättelse med udda karaktärer som gör avtryck. Vi känner igen Clare Chambers humor och värme från Små glädjeämnen och Förläggarens hustru.
"Charmig ... en rolig och rörande berättelse" - Sunday Telegraph
Clare Chambers är född 1966 och bor i Kent, England med sin familj. Simlektioner har bland annat belönats med priset Romantic Novel of the Year Award.
Inbunden, Svenska, 2020
209 kr
Skickas
Spännande och varm berättelse om livets små mirakel
Året är 1957. Jean jobbar som journalist på en lokaltidning strax utanför London och får i uppdrag att intervjua Gretchen som påstår sig ha varit med om en jungfrufödsel. Hon svär att hon aldrig ens kysst en man innan hon födde sin dotter.
Jean tar sig nyfiket an den märkliga historien, eftersom hon vanligtvis får nöja sig med att skriva om hushållstips, katter i träd och veckans bröllop. Medan Jean nystar i vad som egentligen hänt blir hon allt mer charmad av hela Gretchens familj. Det blir en omvälvande tid och för första gången på länge börjar Jean tro att det äntligen är hennes tur att få lite kärlek och lycka i livet.
Små glädjeämnen är en innerlig och fängslande roman om att se det vackra i det lilla. Ett spännande mysterium varvas med oväntad kärlek, lågmäld humor och underbara brittiska 50-talsmiljöer.
"Egensinnig och finstämd berättelse som tar avstamp i en påstådd jungfrufödsel. Härliga 50-talsskildringar och personporträtt som gör avtryck." - Göteborgs-Posten, Maria Näslund
"Små glädjeämnen är en välskriven roman om ett för femtiotalet kontroversiellt ämne, som även innehåller mycket vardagsrealism från samma tidsperiod ... en mycket bra och framför allt mycket brittisk roman" - BTJ-häftet nr 24/ 2020, Elisabeth Brännström
Clare Chambers är född 1966 och bor i brittiska Kent tillsammans med sin familj. Hon har skrivit en rad uppskattade och prisade romaner tidigare men Små glädjeämnen är hennes första roman på tio år.
Pocket, Svenska, 2023
89 kr
Skickas
En välskriven roman med fascinerande karaktärer och fina miljöer
Christopher drömmer om att bli författare och hoppar till sina föräldrars förtvivlan av universitetet för att skriva. Han tas upp i kretsarna kring den framgångsrika Londonförläggaren Owen och hans hustru Diana, och framtiden ser ljus ut.
Den aspirerande författaren fascineras av sitt nya sammanhang, men plötsligt händer någonting som gör att han bryter upp och lämnar London för alltid. Han slutar skriva och flyttar till Yorkshire där han lever ett stilla liv. Tjugo år senare söker en ung akademiker som forskar om Owen upp honom och Christopher tvingas möta sitt förflutna - något som leder till en livsomvälvande upptäckt.
Förläggarens hustru är en roman om skapande och drömmar, olycklig kärlek och ödets nyckfullhet.
"Clare Chambers berättar ovanligt trovärdigt om alldeles vanliga misslyckanden, missförstånd och stäckta drömmar, men hon gör det så att man börjar skratta." - Dagens Nyheter
"Lågmält komisk berättelse om smaskiga saker som ödet och skapande. /.../ Både mysig och drabbande på samma gång" - Amelia
"Underhållande och smart" - Sunday Express
"En välskriven, underhållande, lättläst roman med humoristisk ton om drömmars makt och livets oberäknelighet." - BTJ-häftet 10/2022, Inger Littberger Caisou-Rousseau
Clare Chambers bor i brittiska Kent tillsammans med sin familj. Hon har skrivit en rad uppskattade romaner.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
128 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
From the author of bestselling sensation Small Pleasures comes an extraordinary story of love, family and the joy of freedom. 'Clare Chambers is a genius' INDIA KNIGHT'Just as good - if not better - than Small Pleasures' INDEPENDENT'As compelling as you want fiction to be' SUNDAY TIMES'One of our most talented authors' GUARDIAN'Extraordinary' FINANCIAL TIMESIt all started the weekend the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park . . .Croydon, 1964. Art therapist Helen Hansford is working in a psychiatric hospital, where she has been having passionate but precarious affair with her married colleague, the charismatic Dr Gil Rudden.Helen's structured life is upended when William Tapping - a silent, thirty-seven-year-old man with a beard down to his waist - arrives at the hospital. As Helen helps William express himself through art, she becomes increasingly entangled in his mysterious past.Inspired by a true story, Shy Creatures is a life-affirming exploration of loneliness, love and the quiet forces that shape our lives, reminding us that freedom can come in unexpected forms.'Reading a Clare Chambers novel can feel like entering a modest bungalow and finding yourself in a cathedral' SUNDAY TIMES'A warm, multilayered mystery with all the charms of Small Pleasures' i PAPER'A lively, funny, forgiving novel' PATRICK GALE'Chambers is such a humane writer and this novel is full of exquisite detail' EVENING STANDARD'A beautiful story of unfolding secrets and unforeseen consequences' HOLLY GRAMAZIO, author of THE HUSBANDS*Small Pleasures was a Silver Award bestseller according to Nielsen BookScan UK, 10 November 2023
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
722 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This Handbook covers the most urgent, controversial, and important topics in the philosophy of sex. It is both philosophically rigorous and yet accessible to specialists and non-specialists, covering ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of language, and featuring interactions with neighboring disciplines such as psychology, bioethics, sociology, and anthropology.The volume’s 40 chapters, written by an international team of both respected senior researchers and essential emerging scholars, are divided into eight parts: I. What is Sex? Is Sex Good?II. Sexual OrientationsIII. Sexual Autonomy and ConsentIV. Regulating Sexual RelationshipsV. Pathologizing Sex and SexualityVI. Contested DesiresVII. Objectification and Commercialized SexVIII. Technology and the Future of SexThe broad scope of coverage, depth in insight and research, and accessibility in language make The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality a comprehensive introduction for newcomers to the subject as well as an invaluable reference work for advanced students and researchers in the field.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
154 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Outstanding new voice in girls’ fiction.Fifteen-year-old Robyn (the “sensible”) one and her older sister Rachel (anything but!) arrive in Brighton to spend the summer with their estranged Aunt Jackie, who runs a ballgown hire business from her ramshackle multi-storey home. They have been forced to leave their home in Oxford, where they live with their father, because of threats to their safety, the nature of which only gradually becomes apparent.A perfect summer read and a brilliant study of sisterly devotion and rivalry, coupled with a frisson of mystery and a wonderful dollop of humour.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011, 9-12 år
154 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
An intense and thrilling teen mystery set on a tranquil island where all seems perfect…Daniel has dark secrets and a troubled past. So when his family move to the island of Wragge, a gentle backwater where local life remains undisturbed he feels he’s escaped.But outsiders aren’t always welcome and the more Daniel tries to conceal, the more he reveals about sinister goings on. Does this picture perfect community have something even greater to hide?An explosive thriller that tingles with brooding menace and ignites as the clues fall into place…
E-bok
Engelska, 2011, 9-12 år86 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
An intense and thrilling teen mystery set on a tranquil island where all seems perfect…Daniel has dark secrets and a troubled past. So when his family move to the island of Wragge, a gentle backwater where local life remains undisturbed he feels he’s escaped.But outsiders aren’t always welcome and the more Daniel tries to conceal, the more he reveals about sinister goings on. Does this picture perfect community have something even greater to hide?An explosive thriller that tingles with brooding menace and ignites as the clues fall into place…
E-bok
Engelska, 201086 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Outstanding voice in girls’ fiction.Fifteen-year-old Robyn (the “sensible”) one and her older sister Rachel (anything but!) arrive in Brighton to spend the summer with their estranged Aunt Jackie, who runs a ballgown hire business from her ramshackle multi-storey home. They have been forced to leave their home in Oxford, where they live with their father, because of threats to their safety, the nature of which only gradually becomes apparent.A perfect summer read and a brilliant study of sisterly devotion and rivalry, coupled with a frisson of mystery and a wonderful dollop of humour.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
302 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
E-bok
Engelska, 2021184 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Now available in the US—the dark horse literary novel that has taken Britain by storm! In the best tradition of Tessa Hadley, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Ann Patchett—an astonishing, keenly observed period piece about an ordinary British woman in the 1950s whose dutiful life takes a sudden turn into a pitched battle between propriety and unexpected passion.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION
A BEST BOOK OF 2020 PICK: Daily Telegraph, Sunday Times Ireland, Daily Express
1957: Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper in the southeast suburbs of London. Clever but with limited career opportunities and on the brink of forty, Jean lives a dreary existence that includes caring for her demanding widowed mother, who rarely leaves the house. It’s a small life with little joy and no likelihood of escape. That all changes when a young woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim that her daughter is the result of a virgin birth. Jean seizes onto the bizarre story and sets out to discover whether Gretchen is a miracle or a fraud. But the more Jean investigates, the more her life becomes strangely (and not unpleasantly) intertwined with that of the Tilburys, including Gretchen’s gentle and thoughtful husband Howard, who mostly believes his wife, and their quirky and charming daughter Margaret, who becomes a sort of surrogate child for Jean. Gretchen, too, becomes a much-needed friend in an otherwise empty social life.
Jean cannot bring herself to discard what seems like her one chance at happiness, even as the story that she is researching starts to send dark ripples across all their lives…with unimaginable consequences.
Both a mystery and a love story, Small Pleasures is a quintessentially British novel in the style of The Remains of the Day, about conflict between personal fulfilment and duty; a novel that celebrates the beauty and potential for joy in all things plain and unfashionable.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
392 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
292 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
203 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Häftad, Engelska, 1998
131 kr
Skickas
From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-TurnerAbigail Jex never expected to see any of the Radley household again.The Radley's were extraordinary, captivating creatures transplanted from a bohemian corner of North London to outer suburbia, and the young Abigail found herself drawn into their magic circle: the eccentric Frances, her new best friend; Frances' mother, the liberated, headstrong Lexi; and of course the brilliant, beautiful Rad. Abigail thought she'd banished the ghost of her life with them and the catastrophe that ended it, but thirteen years later a chance encounter forces her to acknowledge that the spell is far from broken...Praise for Clare Chambers:'Modern, intelligently observed and highly original' Daily Mail'This delicious novel is a joy from beginning to end - a perfect novel' Lisa Jewell'Charming - A funny and moving story with a great deal of style' Sunday Telegraph'A spirited account of growing up and falling in love' Good Housekeeping'An intelligent and escapist read - well written, and very funny' Daily Express
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
148 kr
Skickas
From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-Turner____________________In 1976 four students took a trip to the desert. Now the repercussions of that fateful summer are coming back to haunt them... And repercussions are just what Guy doesn't need: his wife, Jane, is moving swiftly from slightly eccentric to downright peculiar, their three-year-old daughter seems set on destroying Jane's sanity, and now even God's gone quiet on him. As for Nina, she's having enough trouble with her son, James. He's got exams looming, a new girlfriend with pneumatic breasts and now, it seems, he's on drugs. Nina certainly won't welcome any ghosts from the past.Life isn't going smoothly for anyone. But when Hugo, long-forgotten agent of misfortune, threatens to pay them all a visit, disaster seems unavoidable.____________________Praise for Clare Chambers:'A wonderful novel. I loved it' Nina Stibbe on Small Pleasures'Gorgeous... If you're looking for something escapist and bittersweet, I could not recommend more' Pandora Sykes on Small Pleasures'An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating' Mail on Sunday on Small Pleasures'Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' Guardian on Small Pleasures'An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish' Sunday Times on Small Pleasures
Häftad, Engelska, 2005
148 kr
Skickas
From the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-TurnerWithout even noticing, Esther Fairchild has become locked into routine.Living with her adored brother, Christian, she divides her time between illustrating children's books, nightly shifts as a waitress, weekly visits to her father and fortnightly meetings with her married lover.Then one day she encounters a face in the crowd which jolts her out of her mundane existence and makes her question both her life and the past that has helped to shape it. Memories she had long chosen to forget begin to resurface. Memories of an eccentric childhood in a large and shabby house, where the children were left to fend for themselves within the loose boundaries of their parents' unorthodox values. A chaotic existence peopled by a rich collection of feckless 'guests'.And into this shambolic world came Donovan - regularly deposited by his unreliable mother - and Penny, Christian's girlfriend and Esther's idol. Until tragedy struck and shattered their joint existence. But now, it seems, their lives are about to become intertwined once more . . .Praise for Clare Chambers:'A wonderful novel. I loved it' Nina Stibbe on Small Pleasures'Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind' Lissa Evans on Small Pleasures'A captivating read' Woman's Own'An irresistible novel - wry, perceptive and quietly devastating' Mail on Sunday on Small Pleasures'Shines with an old-fashioned moral certainty that is as subtle and refreshing as it is unexpected' Independent on Sunday'An almost flawlessly written tale of genuine, grown-up romantic anguish' The Sunday Times on Small Pleasures
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
148 kr
Skickas
'So charming' Marian KeyesFrom the highly-acclaimed author of SMALL PLEASURES - winner of the 2022 British Book Awards Page-TurnerWhen aspiring novelist Christopher Flinders drops out of university to write his masterpiece (in between shifts as a fish delivery man and builder's mate), his family is sceptical.But when he is taken up by the London editor Owen Goddard and his charming wife Diana it seems success is just around the corner. Christopher's life has so far been rather short of charm - growing up in an unlovely suburb, with unambitious parents and a semi-vagrant brother - and he is captivated by his generous and cultured mentors.However, on the brink of realising his dream, Christopher makes a desperate misjudgement which results in disaster for all involved. Shattered, he withdraws from London and buries himself in rural Yorkshire, embracing a career and a private life marked by mediocrity.Twenty years on, a young academic researching into Owen Goddard seeks him out, and Christopher is forced to exhume his past, setting him on a path to a life-changing discovery.Praise for Clare Chambers:'Thoroughly enjoyable and very clever' Sunday Express'Effortless to read, but every sentence lingers in the mind' Lissa Evans on Small Pleasures'Beautifully observed and achingly funny' Woman & Home'Chambers' eye for undemonstrative details achieves a Larkin-esque lucidity' Guardian on Small Pleasures'Reminds us of the rare pleasure that an intelligent tale with a happy ending brings' The Sunday Times
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
145 kr
Skickas
'A must-read for psychotherapists, doctors and everyone else who enjoys connecting ideas' Philippa Perry'Compassionate and challenging, warmly human and coolly rigorous. . . I am now thinking afresh about how I live in my own body, in a world where, as Clare Chambers argues, nobody's body is ever allowed to be good enough, just as it is' Timandra HarknessWhat would it take for your body to be good enough?The pressure to change our bodies is overwhelming. We strive to defy ageing, build our biceps, cure our disabilities, conceal our quirks. Surrounded by filtered photos and surgically-enhanced features, we must contort our physical selves to prejudiced standards of beauty. Perfection is impossible, and even an acceptable body seems out of reach.In this mind-expanding book, Cambridge philosopher Clare Chambers argues that the unmodified body is a key political principle. While defending our right to change our bodies, she argues that the social pressures to modify undermine equality. She shows how the connected ideas of the natural body, the normal body, and the whole body have been used both to disrupt and to maintain social hierarchies - sometimes oppressing, other times liberating. The body becomes a site of political importance: a place where hierarchies of sex, gender, race, disability, age, and class are reinforced.Through a thought-provoking analysis of the power dynamics that structure our society, and with examples ranging widely from bodybuilding to breast implants, deafness to male circumcision, Intact stresses that we must break away from the oppressive forces that demand we alter our bodies. Instead, it offers a bold, transformative vision of the human body that is equal without expectation.
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2022161 kr
Lyssna direkt efter köp
Brought to you by Penguin. In an age of social media and selfies, of pixel-perfect pictures and surgically-enhanced celebrities, the pressure to change our bodies can often seem overwhelming. We are told we should conceal the signs of ageing and get our bodies back after pregnancy. We ought to perfect our complexions, build our biceps, trim our waistlines, cure our disabilities, conceal our quirks. More than ever before, we should contort our physical selves to prejudiced standards of beauty and acceptability.In this thought-provoking work, acclaimed political philosopher Clare Chambers argues that the unmodified body is a key principle of equality. While defending the right of anyone to change their bodies, she argues that the social pressure to modify sends a powerful message: you are not good enough. The body becomes a site of political importance: a place where inequalities of sex, gender, race, disability, age, and class are reinforced.Through a clear-sighted analysis of the power dynamics that structure our society, and with examples ranging widely from body-building to breast implants, makeup to male circumcision, Intact stresses that we must break away from the oppressive forces that demand we alter our bodies. Instead, it offers a vision of the human body that is equal without expectation: an unmodified body that is not an image of perfection or a goal to be attained, but a valued end in itself.© Clare Chambers 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2017238 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Against Marriage argues that marriage violates both equality and liberty and should not be recognized by the state. Clare Chambers shows how feminist and liberal principles require creation of a marriage-free state: one in which private marriages, whether religious or secular, would have no legal status.Part One makes the case against marriage. Chambers investigates the critique of marriage that has developed within feminist and liberal theory. Feminists have long argued that state-recognised marriage is a violation of equality. Chambers endorses the feminist view and argues, in contrast to recent egalitarian pro-marriage movements, that same-sex marriage is not enough to make marriage equal. The egalitarian case against marriage is the most fundamental argument of Against Marriage.But Chambers also argues that state-recognised marriage violates liberty, including the political liberal version of liberty that is based on neutrality between conceptions of the good.Part Two sets out the case for the marriage-free state. Chambers criticizes recent arguments that traditional marriage should be replaced with either a reformed version of marriage, such as civil partnership, or a purely contractual model of relationship regulation. She then sets out a new model for the legal regulation of personal relationships. Instead of regulating by status, the state should regulate relationships according to the practices they involve. Instead of regulating relationshipsholistically, assuming that relationship practices are bundled together in one significant relationship, the marriage-free state regulates practices on a piecemeal basis. The marriage-free state thus employs piecemeal, practice-based regulation. It may regulate private marriages, including religiousmarriages, so as to protect equality. But it takes no interest in defining or protecting the meaning of marriage.
E-bok
Engelska, 2017238 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Against Marriage argues that marriage violates both equality and liberty and should not be recognized by the state. Clare Chambers shows how feminist and liberal principles require creation of a marriage-free state: one in which private marriages, whether religious or secular, would have no legal status.Part One makes the case against marriage. Chambers investigates the critique of marriage that has developed within feminist and liberal theory. Feminists have long argued that state-recognised marriage is a violation of equality. Chambers endorses the feminist view and argues, in contrast to recent egalitarian pro-marriage movements, that same-sex marriage is not enough to make marriage equal. The egalitarian case against marriage is the most fundamental argument of Against Marriage.But Chambers also argues that state-recognised marriage violates liberty, including the political liberal version of liberty that is based on neutrality between conceptions of the good.Part Two sets out the case for the marriage-free state. Chambers criticizes recent arguments that traditional marriage should be replaced with either a reformed version of marriage, such as civil partnership, or a purely contractual model of relationship regulation. She then sets out a new model for the legal regulation of personal relationships. Instead of regulating by status, the state should regulate relationships according to the practices they involve. Instead of regulating relationshipsholistically, assuming that relationship practices are bundled together in one significant relationship, the marriage-free state regulates practices on a piecemeal basis. The marriage-free state thus employs piecemeal, practice-based regulation. It may regulate private marriages, including religiousmarriages, so as to protect equality. But it takes no interest in defining or protecting the meaning of marriage.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 20241 104 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Should the state recognise gender? Can a liberal state discourage traditional family structures? Is women''s sport compatible with equality of opportunity? Should feminists defend women''s freedom to choose cosmetic surgery? Is genital cutting always wrong, or is it only wrong for girls?Freedom and Equality investigates the contours of feminist liberalism: a philosophical approach that is appealing but elusive. Its hallmark is a liberalism that prioritises equality and individual autonomy, while offering a rigorous critique of using individuals'' choices as the measure of justice. Liberalism without feminism prioritises individual choice, a strategy that has played a crucial role in the liberal defence of freedom against authoritarianism and conformity. However, as feminism shows, relying on individual choice is insufficient to render an outcome just, because people often choose things that harm or disadvantage themselves. From beauty norms to the gendered division of labour, from marriage to religion, women and men choose to arrange their lives in ways that perpetuate inequality. Often, these choices are made in response to social norms, including unjust, unequal, or harmful norms. It follows that relying on individual choice as a measure of justice actually leaves unjust social structures intact. Any defender of autonomy and equality must be prepared to criticise individuals'' choices while prioritising individual choosers.The essays in this collection cover a wide range of issues fundamental to liberalism, to feminism, and to their intersection. They explore the foundational philosophical concepts of choice, equality of opportunity, ideology, and the state, and they engage directly with key political controversies, including women''s sport, the state recognition of gender, the regulation of cosmetic and cultural surgeries, and state action to secure equality in the family. Clare Chambers argues that feminist liberalism is both possible and necessary. It is possible because the two doctrines of feminism and liberalism are compatible, their fundamental values of freedom and equality aligned. But feminism is necessary because liberalism has shown that it is simply not up to the task of securing gender equality and women''s liberation alone.
E-bok
Engelska, 20241 104 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Should the state recognise gender? Can a liberal state discourage traditional family structures? Is women''s sport compatible with equality of opportunity? Should feminists defend women''s freedom to choose cosmetic surgery? Is genital cutting always wrong, or is it only wrong for girls?Freedom and Equality investigates the contours of feminist liberalism: a philosophical approach that is appealing but elusive. Its hallmark is a liberalism that prioritises equality and individual autonomy, while offering a rigorous critique of using individuals'' choices as the measure of justice. Liberalism without feminism prioritises individual choice, a strategy that has played a crucial role in the liberal defence of freedom against authoritarianism and conformity. However, as feminism shows, relying on individual choice is insufficient to render an outcome just, because people often choose things that harm or disadvantage themselves. From beauty norms to the gendered division of labour, from marriage to religion, women and men choose to arrange their lives in ways that perpetuate inequality. Often, these choices are made in response to social norms, including unjust, unequal, or harmful norms. It follows that relying on individual choice as a measure of justice actually leaves unjust social structures intact. Any defender of autonomy and equality must be prepared to criticise individuals'' choices while prioritising individual choosers.The essays in this collection cover a wide range of issues fundamental to liberalism, to feminism, and to their intersection. They explore the foundational philosophical concepts of choice, equality of opportunity, ideology, and the state, and they engage directly with key political controversies, including women''s sport, the state recognition of gender, the regulation of cosmetic and cultural surgeries, and state action to secure equality in the family. Clare Chambers argues that feminist liberalism is both possible and necessary. It is possible because the two doctrines of feminism and liberalism are compatible, their fundamental values of freedom and equality aligned. But feminism is necessary because liberalism has shown that it is simply not up to the task of securing gender equality and women''s liberation alone.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
1 239 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Should the state recognise gender? Can a liberal state discourage traditional family structures? Is women's sport compatible with equality of opportunity? Should feminists defend women's freedom to choose cosmetic surgery? Is genital cutting always wrong, or is it only wrong for girls?Freedom and Equality investigates the contours of feminist liberalism: a philosophical approach that is appealing but elusive. Its hallmark is a liberalism that prioritises equality and individual autonomy, while offering a rigorous critique of using individuals' choices as the measure of justice. Liberalism without feminism prioritises individual choice, a strategy that has played a crucial role in the liberal defence of freedom against authoritarianism and conformity. However, as feminism shows, relying on individual choice is insufficient to render an outcome just, because people often choose things that harm or disadvantage themselves. From beauty norms to the gendered division of labour, from marriage to religion, women and men choose to arrange their lives in ways that perpetuate inequality. Often, these choices are made in response to social norms, including unjust, unequal, or harmful norms. It follows that relying on individual choice as a measure of justice actually leaves unjust social structures intact. Any defender of autonomy and equality must be prepared to criticise individuals' choices while prioritising individual choosers.The essays in this collection cover a wide range of issues fundamental to liberalism, to feminism, and to their intersection. They explore the foundational philosophical concepts of choice, equality of opportunity, ideology, and the state, and they engage directly with key political controversies, including women's sport, the state recognition of gender, the regulation of cosmetic and cultural surgeries, and state action to secure equality in the family. Clare Chambers argues that feminist liberalism is both possible and necessary. It is possible because the two doctrines of feminism and liberalism are compatible, their fundamental values of freedom and equality aligned. But feminism is necessary because liberalism has shown that it is simply not up to the task of securing gender equality and women's liberation alone.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
353 kr
Kommande
Should the state recognise gender? Can a liberal state discourage traditional family structures? Is women's sport compatible with equality of opportunity? Should feminists defend women's freedom to choose cosmetic surgery? Is genital cutting always wrong, or is it only wrong for girls?Freedom and Equality investigates the contours of feminist liberalism: a philosophical approach that is appealing but elusive. Its hallmark is a liberalism that prioritises equality and individual autonomy, while offering a rigorous critique of using individuals' choices as the measure of justice. Liberalism without feminism prioritises individual choice, a strategy that has played a crucial role in the liberal defence of freedom against authoritarianism and conformity. However, as feminism shows, relying on individual choice is insufficient to render an outcome just, because people often choose things that harm or disadvantage themselves. From beauty norms to the gendered division of labour, from marriage to religion, women and men choose to arrange their lives in ways that perpetuate inequality. Often, these choices are made in response to social norms, including unjust, unequal, or harmful norms. It follows that relying on individual choice as a measure of justice actually leaves unjust social structures intact. Any defender of autonomy and equality must be prepared to criticise individuals' choices while prioritising individual choosers.The essays in this collection cover a wide range of issues fundamental to liberalism, to feminism, and to their intersection. They explore the foundational philosophical concepts of choice, equality of opportunity, ideology, and the state, and they engage directly with key political controversies, including women's sport, the state recognition of gender, the regulation of cosmetic and cultural surgeries, and state action to secure equality in the family. Clare Chambers argues that feminist liberalism is both possible and necessary. It is possible because the two doctrines of feminism and liberalism are compatible, their fundamental values of freedom and equality aligned. But feminism is necessary because liberalism has shown that it is simply not up to the task of securing gender equality and women's liberation alone.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
647 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Against Marriage is a radical argument for the abolition of state-recognised marriage. Clare Chambers argues that state-recognised marriage violates both equality and liberty, even when expanded to include same-sex couples. Instead Chambers proposes the marriage-free state: an egalitarian state in which religious or secular marriages are permitted but have no legal status.Part I makes the case against marriage. Chambers investigates the critique of marriage that has developed within feminist and liberal theory. Feminists have long argued that marriage is a violation of equality since it is both sexist and heterosexist. Chambers endorses the feminist view and argues, in contrast to recent egalitarian pro-marriage movements, that same-sex marriage is not enough to make marriage equal. Chambers argues that state-recognised marriage is also problematic for liberalism, particularly political liberalism, since it imposes a controversial, hierarchical conception of the family that excludes many adults and children.Part II sets out the case for the marriage-free state. Chambers critically assesses recent theories that attempt to make marriage egalitarian, either by replacing it with relationship contracts or by replacing it with alternative statuses such as civil union. She then sets out a new model for the legal regulation of personal relationships. In the marriage-free state regulation is based on relationship practices not relationship status, and these practices are regulated separately rather than as a bundle. The marriage-free state thus employs piecemeal, practice-based regulation. Finally, Chambers considers how the marriage-free state should respond to unequal religious marriage. The result is an inspiring egalitarian approach that fits the diversity of real relationships.
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
367 kr
Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar
Against Marriage argues that marriage violates both equality and liberty and should not be recognized by the state. Clare Chambers shows how feminist and liberal principles require creation of a marriage-free state: one in which private marriages, whether religious or secular, would have no legal status. Part One makes the case against marriage. Chambers investigates the critique of marriage that has developed within feminist and liberal theory. Feminists have long argued that state-recognised marriage is a violation of equality. Chambers endorses the feminist view and argues, in contrast to recent egalitarian pro-marriage movements, that same-sex marriage is not enough to make marriage equal. The egalitarian case against marriage is the most fundamental argument of Against Marriage. But Chambers also argues that state-recognised marriage violates liberty, including the political liberal version of liberty that is based on neutrality between conceptions of the good. Part Two sets out the case for the marriage-free state. Chambers criticizes recent arguments that traditional marriage should be replaced with either a reformed version of marriage, such as civil partnership, or a purely contractual model of relationship regulation. She then sets out a new model for the legal regulation of personal relationships. Instead of regulating by status, the state should regulate relationships according to the practices they involve. Instead of regulating relationships holistically, assuming that relationship practices are bundled together in one significant relationship, the marriage-free state regulates practices on a piecemeal basis. The marriage-free state thus employs piecemeal, practice-based regulation. It may regulate private marriages, including religious marriages, so as to protect equality. But it takes no interest in defining or protecting the meaning of marriage.
E-bok
Engelska, 2022122 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
'A must-read for psychotherapists, doctors and everyone else who enjoys connecting ideas' Philippa Perry'Compassionate and challenging, warmly human and coolly rigorous. . . I am now thinking afresh about how I live in my own body, in a world where, as Clare Chambers argues, nobody's body is ever allowed to be good enough, just as it is' Timandra HarknessWhat would it take for your body to be good enough?The pressure to change our bodies is overwhelming. We strive to defy ageing, build our biceps, cure our disabilities, conceal our quirks. Surrounded by filtered photos and surgically-enhanced features, we must contort our physical selves to prejudiced standards of beauty. Perfection is impossible, and even an acceptable body seems out of reach.In this mind-expanding book, Cambridge philosopher Clare Chambers argues that the unmodified body is a key political principle. While defending our right to change our bodies, she argues that the social pressures to modify undermine equality. She shows how the connected ideas of the natural body, the normal body, and the whole body have been used both to disrupt and to maintain social hierarchies - sometimes oppressing, other times liberating. The body becomes a site of political importance: a place where hierarchies of sex, gender, race, disability, age, and class are reinforced.Through a thought-provoking analysis of the power dynamics that structure our society, and with examples ranging widely from bodybuilding to breast implants, deafness to male circumcision, Intact stresses that we must break away from the oppressive forces that demand we alter our bodies. Instead, it offers a bold, transformative vision of the human body that is equal without expectation.
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
462 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Autonomy is fundamental to liberalism. But autonomous individuals often choose to do things that harm themselves or undermine their equality. In particular, women often choose to participate in practices of sexual inequality—cosmetic surgery, gendered patterns of work and childcare, makeup, restrictive clothing, or the sexual subordination required by membership in certain religious groups. In this book, Clare Chambers argues that this predicament poses a fundamental challenge to many existing liberal and multicultural theories that dominate contemporary political philosophy.Chambers argues that a theory of justice cannot ignore the influence of culture and the role it plays in shaping choices. If cultures shape choices, it is problematic to use those choices as the measure of the justice of the culture. Drawing upon feminist critiques of gender inequality and poststructuralist theories of social construction, she argues that we should accept some of the multicultural claims about the importance of culture in shaping our actions and identities, but that we should reach the opposite normative conclusion to that of multiculturalists and many liberals. Rather than using the idea of social construction to justify cultural respect or protection, we should use it to ground a critical stance toward cultural norms. The book presents radical proposals for state action to promote sexual and cultural justice.