Vortex: The Crisis of Patriarchy by Susan Hawthorne (English) Paperback Book

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An enlightening yet devastating book, Hawthorne writes with clarity and incisiveness on how patriarchy is wreaking destruction on the planet and communities. The twin mantras of globalisation and growth are revealed in all their shabby deception. This is a vital book for a world in crisis and should be read by everyone who cares about our future.

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In this enlightening yet devastating book, Susan Hawthorne writes with clarity and incisiveness on how patriarchy is wreaking destruction on the planet and on communities. The twin mantras of globalisation and growth expounded by the neoliberalism that has hijacked the planet are revealed in all their shabby deception.Backed by meticulous research, the author shows how so-called advances in technology are, like a Trojan horse, used to mask sinister political agendas that sacrifice the common good for the shallow profiteering of corporations and mega-rich individuals.The biotechnologists see the lure of cure, rising share prices and profits.She details how women, lesbians, people with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, the poor, refugees and the very earth itself are being damaged by the crisis of patriarchy that is sucking everyone into its vortex. Importantly, this precise and insightful volume also shows what is needed to get ourselves out of this spiral of destruction: a radical feminist approach with compassion and empathy at its core.Shame is an emotion of the powerless because they cannot change the rules.The book shows a way out of the vortex: it is now up to the collective imagination and action of people everywhere to take up the challenges Susan Hawthorne shows are needed.This is a vital book for a world in crisis and should be read by everyone who cares about our future.

Author Biography

Susan Hawthorne is an award-winning writer of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Her works include eight collections of poetry. Her collection Cow (2011) was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor Poetry prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards and was a Finalist in the Audre Lorde Lesbian Poetry Prize (USA). Earth's Breath (2009) was shortlisted for the Judith Wright Poetry Prize. Susan has been the recipient on international residencies in Turkey, Italy and India. She has translated literary works from Sanskrit, Greek and Latin and her books have been translated into German, Spanish, Arabic, French and Czech. She was the winner of the 2017 Penguin Random House Best Achievement in Writing in the Inspire Awards for her work increasing awareness about epilepsy and the politics of disability.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Year of the PandemicIntroductionA note on truthA note on wordsKey terms in this bookChapter One: The Crisis of Economics: Patriarchal Wars against People and the PlanetAppropriation of politicsHow has criticism of globalisation shifted sides?The speeding vortex: every failure is a new business opportunityUnderstanding neoliberalismResistanceMarkets, work and the Universal Basic IncomeChapter Two: Less Than Perfect: Medical Wars against People with DisabilitiesFeminismRuling classesInfantilisationColonisationHarm minimisationNormalisationErasureThe technology of bodiesMoneyThe personal is politicalChapter Three: Feminist Cassandras: Men's Patriotic Wars against Women's Intimate LivesWar and the institution of heterosexuality intersectWar and masculinity, torture and heterosexualityIntimacy and warTo counter war is to counter the militarism embedded in daily lifePostmodern warMoneyWhat would it take for a woman to be free of injury and to live without fear for her safety?Chapter Four: Biocolonialism and Bioprospecting: Wars against Indigenous Peoples and WomenWhat is bioprospecting?What is biopiracy?Biopiracy of earth-based resourcesBiopiracy and valueBiopiracy of body-based resourcesSeparationMicrocolonialism of Indigenous bodiesGynocolonialismBodies with disabilitiesHeterocolonialismIntergenerational sustainability and cultural integrityMoneyWhat practices and laws can be implemented to prevent knowledge theft and biocolonialism?Chapter Five: Deterritoriality and Breaking the Spirit: Land, Refugees and TraumaBeing homeless in the bodyDispossessionLand as relationshipLand as relationship in prehistoryTraumaRefusing refugeesMoneyWhat systems could be put in place to end planetary theft?Chapter Six: Colonisation, Erasure and Torture: Wars against LesbiansGlobalisationThe politics of shameThe phallus and the penisOrigins of patriarchy and violence against lesbiansNationalism and exileGlobal recolonisationLesbian refugeesMoneyGuidelines for officials interviewing lesbian refugeesChapter Seven:Breaking the Spirit of the Women's Liberation Movement: The War against BiologyTrans v cisTrans vs intersexTrans vs lesbianTrans vs womenWomen's CircusOppressionPostmodernism and queer theorySilenceTraumaHatred and shameBreaking the spiritTheft of a future and a pastCommodificationStrategies used by the trans lobbyViolence against trans peopleInstitutionalising trans lawsMoney for astroturfing and transgender causesWhy sexual orientation not gender identity?Chapter Eight:Breaking the Spirit of the Planet: Climate CatastropheBreaking the spirit of the planetTemperate zone: bushfiresDry zone: drought and water warsWet zone: coral death, cyclones, floodsMoneyBreaking the heart of the planetChapter Nine: Sovereignty and the Spirit of NatureUncultivatedSovereignty

Details ISBN1925950166 Author Susan Hawthorne Short Title Vortex Publisher Spinifex Press Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1925950166 ISBN-13 9781925950168 Format Paperback Subtitle The Crisis of Patriarchy Pages 30 Imprint Spinifex Press Place of Publication North Melbourne Country of Publication Australia NZ Release Date 2020-11-01 Publication Date 2020-01-11 UK Release Date 2020-01-11 DEWEY 305.4201 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-01-11 We've got this

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