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

Jeff Hearn

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

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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 language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Explorations of Crisis
Subtitle of host publication	Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities
Editors	Helle Rydström, Mo Hamza, Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, Vanja Berggren
Publisher	Bristol University Press
Chapter	7
Pages	125-151
Number of pages	27
ISBN (Electronic)	9781529246407, 9781529246414
ISBN (Print)	9781529246384
Publication status	Published - 18 Sept 2025

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Name	Global Discourse
Publisher	Bristol University Press

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The Place and Potential of Crisis/Crises in Critical Studies on Men and Masculinities. / Hearn, Jeff.
Critical Explorations of Crisis: Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities. ed. / Helle Rydström; Mo Hamza; Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen; Vanja Berggren. Bristol University Press, 2025. p. 125-151 (Global Discourse).

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