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One of the leading intellectuals of contemporary feminism builds a ...

(Raewyn Connell, author of Southern Theor)

One of the leading intellectuals of contemporary feminism builds a troubling analysis of where mainstream American feminism has gone—celebrating gains for middle-class women, but also converging with ruthless corporate interests that exploit or marginalize most of the world's women. ... Her remedy, need to be heard by everyone concerned with women's interests and with social justice.

(Raewyn Connell, author of Southern Theory)

In this impressive book, Hester Eisenstein provides a provocative update ...

(Manisha Desai, Director Women's Studies )

In this impressive book, Hester Eisenstein provides a provocative update of the classic argument of the relationship between Marxism and feminism. ... What sets her analysis apart is her unflinching critique of hegemonic feminism's complicity in abandoning issues of class and race even as it pays lip service to them.

(Manisha Desai, Director Women's Studies Program, University of Connecticut)

Feminism Seduced offers a compelling - and deeply unsettling - ...

(Ruth Milkman, UCLA)

Feminism Seduced offers a compelling - and deeply unsettling - historically grounded account of the unintended consequences of late twentieth-century feminism. Eisenstein provocatively argues that ideas derived from the mainstream women's movement were appropriated by global corporations and the political force. ... Timely reading.

(Ruth Milkman, UCLA)