The relationship between the 2008 presidential election and the Sixties can be approached from a near-infinite variety of angles.

Intent on giving voice to this diversity of perspectives, scholars, writers and activists of different generations, and areas of specialty have written short responses.

This book explores why love is so problematic and violence so endemic, tracing these human problems to a systematic disruption of intimate relationships. From the Rome of Augustus to the present, patriarchy is at the root of these problems, as well as racism and sexism. Equality in love lies at the roots of democracy, and political resistance is the same resistance that couples summon in loving.

(Pub Date: November 30, 2008)

An unforgettable novel about love"and the first work of fiction by the author of the groundbreaking nonfiction bestseller In a Different Voice.

Passionate and revolutionary, Kyra is an exquisitely written love story, imbued with gentle humor. This is an extraordinary work of fiction by one of the most brilliant writers of our time.

In The Birth of Pleasure, Carol Gilligan, once again breaking through imprisoning tradition, writes about love and the forces that stand in the way of pleasure. She show us why love between a man and a woman is so often burdened by a history of loss and how it can be freed and opened to the pursuit of happiness. Tracing a lineage from Greek mythology to our own most intimate relationships, she asks why we relive tragic stories of loss and betrayal; drawing on her own research, she offers a radical new map of love. 

(from: inside flap, Knopf, 2002)

Carol Gilligan believes that psychology has persistently and systematically misunderstood women. Repeatedly, developmental theories have been built on observations of men's lives. Here, Gilligan attempts to correct psychology's misperceptions and refocus its view of female personality. The result reshapes our understanding of human experience.

This groundbreaking work offers new insight into girls' development and women's psychology. Just as important, this book provides women with the means of meeting girls at the critical crossroads of adolescence, of harkening to the voices of girlhood and sustaining their self-affirming notes.

With this book, the authors sought a key to the relationship between risk, resistance, and girls' psychological development and health. In Between Voice and Silence, they explore the cultural differences that affect girls' coming of age in this country and reveal an intergenerational struggle to develop relationships between and among women to hold and respect difference.