The Place and Potential of Crisis/Crises in Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities

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Abstract

Roitman (2014: 8, 39) reminds us that ‘crisis and critique are cognates … crisis is the basis of social and critical theory’ and, moreover, argues that ‘(c)risis is a blind spot that enables the production of knowledge’. So, we can ask: what happens when we put interdisciplinary crisis studies (ICS) (Bergman-Rosamund et al, 2022) alongside critical studies on men and masculinities (CSMM) (for example, Kimmel et al, 2005; Gottzén et al, 2020)? ICS can learn from greater engagement with CSMM, and vice versa, in terms of both theoretical development and substantive studies of crises, men and masculinities. However, my focus...
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCritical Explorations of Crisis
Subtitle of host publicationPolitics, Precariousness, and Potentialities
EditorsHelle Rydström, Mo Hamza, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Vanja Berggren
PublisherBristol University Press
Chapter7
Pages125-151
Number of pages27
ISBN (Electronic)9781529246407, 9781529246414
ISBN (Print)9781529246384
Publication statusPublished - 18 Sept 2025

Publication series

NameGlobal Discourse
PublisherBristol University Press

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