{"product_id":"not-all-dead-white-men-classics-and-misogyny-in-the-digital-age-9780674241411","title":"Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA virulent strain of antifeminism is thriving online that treats women's empowerment as a mortal threat to men and to the integrity of Western civilization. Its proponents cite ancient Greek and Latin texts to support their claims--from Ovid's \u003ci\u003eArs Amatoria\u003c\/i\u003e to Seneca and Marcus Aurelius--arguing that they articulate a model of masculinity that sustained generations but is now under siege. \u003ci\u003eNot All Dead White Men\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that some of the most controversial and consequential debates about the legacy of the ancients are raging not in universities but online. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A chilling account of trolling, misogyny, racism, and bad history proliferated online by the Alt-Right... Zuckerberg makes a persuasive case for why we need a new, more critical, and less comfortable relationship between the ancient and modern worlds in this important and very timely book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Emily Wilson, translator of \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Explores how ideas about Ancient Greece and Rome are used and misused by antifeminist thinkers today.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Zuckerberg presciently analyzes these communities'...embrace of stoicism as a self-help tool to gain confidence, jobs, and girlfriends. Their adoration of men like Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Ovid...is founded in a limited and distorted interpretation of ancient philosophy...lending heft and authority to sexism and abuse.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Traces the application--and misapplication--of classical authors and texts in online communities that see feminism as a threat.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBitch Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZuckerberg, Donna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Donna Zuckerberg is a Silicon Valley-based classicist who received her doctoral training at Princeton University. She is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of \u003ci\u003eEidolon, \u003c\/i\u003ea prize-winning online Classics magazine (www.eidolon.pub).","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412782223634,"sku":"9780674241411","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da4c8f92-382c-4fd2-bcfb-2f695eb7b7ed.jpg?v=1729327724","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/not-all-dead-white-men-classics-and-misogyny-in-the-digital-age-9780674241411","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}