{"product_id":"on-marriage-9780300271935","title":"On Marriage","description":"\u003cb\u003eA compulsively readable, startling, and philosophically rich book about marriage, from an acclaimed critic and filmmaker\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Baum is an erudite and entertaining guide through the landscape of marriage. . . . A fascinating exploration.\"--Stephanie Merritt, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"As far back as our history books go, we have no record of a time preceding marriage. Isn't that an extraordinary fact?\" So writes Devorah Baum in this searching and revelatory book. Marriage, for better or for worse, is how humans have organized their world and told their story. Straight, queer, coupled, single: none live outside the remit of marriage. One might as well try to live beyond language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when confronted with the question \"\u003ci\u003eWhat do intellectuals think of marriage?\"\u003c\/i\u003e Baum concludes that most philosophers have preferred to avoid the subject. Is marriage then an intellectual blind spot? To fill in the gaps, she draws on a wide range of cultural material, from the classical to the contemporary, while interweaving reflections on her own experiences of matrimony to both critique and celebrate marriage's many contradictions and its profound effects on us all. In doing so, she reveals how marriage has worked as a cover story for power and its abuses on the one hand, and for subversive and even utopian relational practices on the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Entertaining, illuminating, consoling, and candid, \u003ci\u003eOn Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e is an unprecedented investigation of what we are really talking about when we talk about marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300271935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Devorah Baum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43103746392245,"sku":"9780300271935","price":23.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ce7a8183-f03c-477c-bc7b-0bb50aed1356.jpg?v=1693279194","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/on-marriage-9780300271935","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}