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A work of serious ambition Times, Best Books of 2022

Exhilarating . . . a work of scholarship, but also inspiration. The detail is fascinating, the prose lively, the analysis convincing and the message surprisingly hopeful. . . Go and read Jablonka and change the world The Sunday Times

A surprise bestseller in France. . . his work has now found a much wider audience in a lucid English translation—New Statesman

Jablonka marshals an impressive body of historical, anthropological, biological and sociological evidence in his compelling history of masculinity. A man who passionately supports the feminist cause, Jablonka's argument for gender justice is both radical and promising TLS

Illuminating. . . a history and a call to arms, almost a manifesto, for how to create a society of "just men"The Sunday Times

A vivid, opinionated take on centuries of gender relations . . . a thought provoking, occasionally troubling big history - which also offers up some possible futuresBBC History Magazine

Jablonka's history of how one half of the world's population has consistently oppressed the other has control and poiseSpectator

The present and future of masculinity have been hotly debated for some years now, which perhaps explains why this history of the topic became a bestseller in France before finding a publisher in the UK. Social historian Ivan Jablonka travels from Mesopotamia to Confucianism to the revolutions of the 18th century to offer a fresh slant on gender and to define what it means to be a good man, father and friend todayMr Porter

In this ambitious book, Jablonka explores the history of patriarchy, explains its longevity and shows what men should do nextLes Inrocks

Jablonka's work is remarkable. . . erudite and lucid, personal and rigorous Le Monde

Fascinating and necessaryPsychologies

Enlightening. . . crucial for democracy and our daily lives Marie Claire

An unexpected bestseller in France. . . it has sparked conversationsChallenges

A History of Masculinity

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 02/03/2023
    ISBN13: 9780141993706, 978-0141993706
    ISBN10: 0141993707

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    Book Synopsis


    Trade Review
    A work of serious ambition Times, Best Books of 2022

    Exhilarating . . . a work of scholarship, but also inspiration. The detail is fascinating, the prose lively, the analysis convincing and the message surprisingly hopeful. . . Go and read Jablonka and change the world The Sunday Times

    A surprise bestseller in France. . . his work has now found a much wider audience in a lucid English translation—New Statesman

    Jablonka marshals an impressive body of historical, anthropological, biological and sociological evidence in his compelling history of masculinity. A man who passionately supports the feminist cause, Jablonka's argument for gender justice is both radical and promising TLS

    Illuminating. . . a history and a call to arms, almost a manifesto, for how to create a society of "just men"The Sunday Times

    A vivid, opinionated take on centuries of gender relations . . . a thought provoking, occasionally troubling big history - which also offers up some possible futuresBBC History Magazine

    Jablonka's history of how one half of the world's population has consistently oppressed the other has control and poiseSpectator

    The present and future of masculinity have been hotly debated for some years now, which perhaps explains why this history of the topic became a bestseller in France before finding a publisher in the UK. Social historian Ivan Jablonka travels from Mesopotamia to Confucianism to the revolutions of the 18th century to offer a fresh slant on gender and to define what it means to be a good man, father and friend todayMr Porter

    In this ambitious book, Jablonka explores the history of patriarchy, explains its longevity and shows what men should do nextLes Inrocks

    Jablonka's work is remarkable. . . erudite and lucid, personal and rigorous Le Monde

    Fascinating and necessaryPsychologies

    Enlightening. . . crucial for democracy and our daily lives Marie Claire

    An unexpected bestseller in France. . . it has sparked conversationsChallenges

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