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What Are Children For?: On Ambivalence and Choice Hardcover by Anastasia Berg
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Item specifics
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- Original Language
- English
- ISBN
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250276136
ISBN-13
9781250276131
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15062272222
Product Key Features
Book Title
What Are Children For? : on Ambivalence and Choice
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Parenting / Motherhood, General, Women's Studies
Publication Year
2024
Genre
Family & Relationships, Philosophy, Social Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-007646
Reviews
"This is a brave, lucid book, and Berg and Wiseman deserve great credit for their readiness to ask tough questions."-- Kirkus Reviews "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, The New Yorker "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post "A lucid and sophisticated treatment of a question we all share a stake in: Ought there be future generations? Carving out a conversation about parenthood and the future that's undisturbed by the warping effects of the culture wars, the book ably addresses contemporary challenges to parenthood--both practical and political--while developing its own optimistic case for human life." --Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, "Resisting easy answers ... [Berg and Wiseman] ... offer scrupulous analysis enriched by vivid personal meditations ...It's an incisive look at a monumental life choice"-- Publishers Weekly "This is a brave, lucid book, and Berg and Wiseman deserve great credit for their readiness to ask tough questions."-- Kirkus Reviews "Aptly highlights the paradoxes of parenting and gives readers grappling with the question of whether or not to have children an honest and balanced perspective that will help them decide what's right for them."-- Library Journal "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, The New Yorker "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post "A lucid and sophisticated treatment of a question we all share a stake in: Ought there be future generations? Carving out a conversation about parenthood and the future that's undisturbed by the warping effects of the culture wars, the book ably addresses contemporary challenges to parenthood--both practical and political--while developing its own optimistic case for human life." --Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, author of The Personality Brokers "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small "A lucid and sophisticated treatment of a question we all share a stake in: Ought there be future generations? The result is a rich guide to thinking about the future as it will unfold for each of us, and as it will unfold for all of us together." -- Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, "An incisive look at a monumental life choice"-- Publishers Weekly "This is a brave, lucid book, and Berg and Wiseman deserve great credit for their readiness to ask tough questions."-- Kirkus Reviews "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, The New Yorker "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post "A lucid and sophisticated treatment of a question we all share a stake in: Ought there be future generations? Carving out a conversation about parenthood and the future that's undisturbed by the warping effects of the culture wars, the book ably addresses contemporary challenges to parenthood--both practical and political--while developing its own optimistic case for human life." --Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, "[A]n engaging, literary investigation ... a book for lovers of sound reasoning. A corrective to liberal neuroses about having kids, one that feels necessary at a time when the right wants to dictate the terms of the family." --Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker "Resisting easy answers ... [Berg and Wiseman] ... offer scrupulous analysis enriched by vivid personal meditations ...It's an incisive look at a monumental life choice"-- Publishers Weekly "This is a brave, lucid book, and Berg and Wiseman deserve great credit for their readiness to ask tough questions."-- Kirkus Reviews "Aptly highlights the paradoxes of parenting and gives readers grappling with the question of whether or not to have children an honest and balanced perspective that will help them decide what's right for them."-- Library Journal "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, author of The Personality Brokers "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small "A lucid and sophisticated treatment of a question we all share a stake in: Ought there be future generations? Carving out a conversation about parenthood and the future that's undisturbed by the warping effects of the culture wars, the book ably addresses contemporary challenges to parenthood--both practical and political--while developing its own optimistic case for human life." --Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, "[A]n engaging, literary investigation ... a book for lovers of sound reasoning. A corrective to liberal neuroses about having kids, one that feels necessary at a time when the right wants to dictate the terms of the family." --Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker "A smart, fascinating look at one of the most vital questions women face."-- Katha Pollitt, The Washington Post "Fascinating...Reading their discussions of motherhood literature and climate change fiction (an achingly self-congratulatory genre), and their quiet probing of our youth-obsessed, shallow existence, I found myself astonished by the lucidity of their insights." --Ann Manov, The New Statesman "Resisting easy answers ... [Berg and Wiseman] ... offer scrupulous analysis enriched by vivid personal meditations ...It's an incisive look at a monumental life choice"-- Publishers Weekly "This is a brave, lucid book, and Berg and Wiseman deserve great credit for their readiness to ask tough questions."-- Kirkus Reviews "Aptly highlights the paradoxes of parenting and gives readers grappling with the question of whether or not to have children an honest and balanced perspective that will help them decide what's right for them."-- Library Journal "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, author of The Personality Brokers "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small "A lucid and sophisticated treatment of a question we all share a stake in: Ought there be future generations? Carving out a conversation about parenthood and the future that's undisturbed by the warping effects of the culture wars, the book ably addresses contemporary challenges to parenthood--both practical and political--while developing its own optimistic case for human life." --Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, author of The Personality Brokers "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small, "[A]n engaging, literary investigation ... a book for lovers of sound reasoning. A corrective to liberal neuroses about having kids, one that feels necessary at a time when the right wants to dictate the terms of the family." --Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker "A smart, fascinating look at one of the most vital questions women face."-- Katha Pollitt, The Washington Post "Subtle and sophisticated ... In the end, [Berg and Wiseman] land in a surprising place: suggesting the rightness of loving the broken world and our fallen humanity. This love is unsentimental and clear-eyed, yet profoundly moving."-- Jennifer A. Frey, Wall Street Journal "Fascinating...Reading their discussions of motherhood literature and climate change fiction (an achingly self-congratulatory genre), and their quiet probing of our youth-obsessed, shallow existence, I found myself astonished by the lucidity of their insights." --Ann Manov, The New Statesman "Resisting easy answers ... [Berg and Wiseman] ... offer scrupulous analysis enriched by vivid personal meditations ...It's an incisive look at a monumental life choice"-- Publishers Weekly "This is a brave, lucid book, and Berg and Wiseman deserve great credit for their readiness to ask tough questions."-- Kirkus Reviews "Aptly highlights the paradoxes of parenting and gives readers grappling with the question of whether or not to have children an honest and balanced perspective that will help them decide what's right for them."-- Library Journal "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, author of The Personality Brokers "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, author of All Things Are Too Small "A lucid and sophisticated treatment of a question we all share a stake in: Ought there be future generations? Carving out a conversation about parenthood and the future that's undisturbed by the warping effects of the culture wars, the book ably addresses contemporary challenges to parenthood--both practical and political--while developing its own optimistic case for human life." --Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, "Resisting easy answers ... [Berg and Wiseman] ... offer scrupulous analysis enriched by vivid personal meditations ...It's an incisive look at a monumental life choice"-- Publishers Weekly "This is a brave, lucid book, and Berg and Wiseman deserve great credit for their readiness to ask tough questions."-- Kirkus Reviews "In their widely researched and patiently argued book, Berg and Wiseman show how competing ideas about freedom, happiness, love, dignity, and justice attach to the increasingly ambivalent acts of having and raising children. What Are Children For? models the curiosity and the skepticism we need to imagine a collective future in dark times." --Merve Emre, The New Yorker "By far the most honest, unsentimental, unpredictable, and rigorously thoughtful exploration of parenting that I have ever read. Berg and Wiseman's debut is a much-needed and impressively original inquiry into a topic that is almost always treated in deadeningly stale terms." --Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post "A lucid and sophisticated treatment of a question we all share a stake in: Ought there be future generations? Carving out a conversation about parenthood and the future that's undisturbed by the warping effects of the culture wars, the book ably addresses contemporary challenges to parenthood--both practical and political--while developing its own optimistic case for human life." --Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
306.8743
Synopsis
A modern argument, grounded in philosophy and cultural criticism, about childbearing ambivalence and how to overcome it Becoming a parent, once the expected outcome of adulthood, is increasingly viewed as a potential threat to the most basic goals and aspirations of modern life. We seek self-fulfillment; we want to liberate women to find meaning and self-worth outside the home; and we wish to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change. Weighing the pros and cons of having children, Millennials and Zoomers are finding it increasingly difficult to judge in its favor. With lucid argument and passionate prose, Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman offer the guidance necessary to move beyond uncertainty. The decision whether or not to have children, they argue, is not just a women's issue but a basic human one. And at a time when climate change worries threaten the very legitimacy of human reproduction, Berg and Wiseman conclude that neither our personal nor collective failures ought to prevent us from embracing the fundamental goodness of human life--not only in the present but, in choosing to have children, in the future.
LC Classification Number
HQ755.8.B4725 2024
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- r***i (303)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThis is a top-notch seller and highly recommended for all book-related purchases. The item was well packaged and promptly arranged for shipping. They described it accurately and honestly, and the item arrived in new, as described condition. The item was new, looked good, and arrived well protected, so the quality was good. The price provided good value considering the item's condition!
- h***h (915)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseI received the item, but it was the wrong version. The seller was very understanding and told me to send it back for a refund. I returned the book and was issue a refund quickly. The seller was very easy to work with through the return process.