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Naomi Wolf

    12. listopad 1962

    Naomi Wolfová je autorkou sedmi knih, které se zabývají tématy jako rovnost pohlaví, sociální spravedlnost a obrana svobody. Svými díly prozkoumává komplexní vztahy mezi identitou, společností a mocí. Její psaní se vyznačuje pronikavou analýzou a naléhavým apelem na čtenáře, aby se kriticky zamysleli nad současnými společenskými a politickými otázkami. Wolfová tak čtenářům nabízí hluboký vhled do bojů za svobodu a spravedlnost.

    Naomi Wolf
    Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs
    Facing the Beast
    Fire with Fire
    Gold
    The Bodies of Others
    Vagina
    • Vagina

      Nová perspektiva

      • 342 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      Kniha Naomi Wolfové, autorky úspěšné a oceňované knihy Mýtus krásy, se v roce 2012 stala mezinárodním bestsellerem. Wolfová patří mezi autorky třetí vlny feminismu, pro něž je sex nejen osobně důležitý a potřebný, ale je také závažným sociálním tématem. Svou nejnovější knihu se rozhodla napsat na základě vlastní traumatické zkušenosti se sexuální dysfunkcí, která jejím sexuálním prožitkům vzala duchovní rozměr. Tato pro ni zásadní hodnota sexuálního života se stává předmětem jejího širšího, kulturně-společenského průzkumu, který v knize zaznamenává. Nebo přesněji - patří k jejím hlavním tématům. Stejně důležitá je totiž snaha Wolfové vyložit vaginu čili ženskou sexualitu neurofyziologicky a psychofyziologicky. Autorka poutavě spojuje osobní pocity a postoje s vědeckými fakty; zkoumá možnosti ženského sexuálního prožívání optikou novodobé kulturní historie a feminismu. Při pátrání po vědomí vaginy uvažuje o vlivu tradičního společenského uspořádání i ženské emancipace na spokojený sexuální život. Mnohým jistě překvapí - vagina se v této nové perspektivě stává bytostí i bohyní; v jejím propojení s mozkem ožívá duše ženy, a pouze pokud je tato duše spokojená, je šťastná a spokojená i žena samotná.

      Vagina
      3,9
    • The Bodies of Others

      The New Authoritarians, COVID-19 and The War Against the Human

      • 350 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení

      Achieving notable recognition, this book has secured a top spot on Amazon's Most Sold list and has been a bestseller across major platforms, including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly. Its widespread acclaim highlights its impact and relevance in the nonfiction genre, appealing to a broad audience seeking insightful and engaging content.

      The Bodies of Others
      4,8
    • Gold

      • 218 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení

      Poems are conceived the way we are. They grow out of wild emotions, macerate for a while in their warm, thick juice... until your body cannot bear it any longer and you must push them out into words. I gave birth painfully first, to still-born things. I gave birth to foetuses... Then one day I tripped, fell, and gave life to Tears, Love, Desire and Angry Poundings. My poems tell the journey of a woman stumbling, struggling to stand back up and find her voice, but falling in love and hoping, hoping, with all her guts.

      Gold
      4,8
    • Most women embrace equality, but reject "feminism." In clear and brilliant prose, the author of the best-selling The Beauty Myth shows how this rift came about, and how to close it. A practical and inspiring road map for personal and political equality in our time.

      Fire with Fire
      4,5
    • Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs

      100 Years of the Best Journalism by Women

      • 400 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      100 years of the best writing and reportage by female journalists

      Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs
      4,0
    • The End of America

      Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot

      • 176 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení

      The book analyzes ten classic strategies employed by dictators to undermine open societies, drawing parallels with the policies and attitudes of the current U.S. administration. It explores how these tactics manifest in contemporary governance, highlighting the potential threats to democratic principles and civil liberties. Through this comparison, the author urges readers to recognize and resist the erosion of democratic values in modern politics.

      The End of America
      4,0
    • Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short formWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOREvery day, women around the world are confronted with a dilemma - how to look. In a society embroiled in a cult of female beauty and youthfulness, pressure on women to conform physically is constant and all- pervading.

      The Beauty Myth (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)
      4,0
    • The Beauty Myth

      How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

      • 276 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení

      The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity. In today's world, women have more power, legal recognition, and professional success than ever before. Alongside the evident progress of the women's movement, however, writer and journalist Naomi Wolf is troubled by a different kind of social control, which, she argues, may prove just as restrictive as the traditional image of homemaker and wife. It's the beauty myth, an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society's impossible definition of "the flawless beauty."

      The Beauty Myth
      3,9
    • In this provocative and highly personal book, bestselling author Naomi Wolf explores a subject that has long been taboo in our society: women's sexual coming-of-age. Promiscuities brazenly exposes the truths behind the conflicting messages directed at young women during and after the sexual revolution. Drawing on surprising examples from the ancient and recent past, along with vivid recollections of her own youth, Wolf shows how our "liberated" culture still fears and distorts female passion. She also shares fascinating true stories that illustrate the fantasies and sometimes crippling realities women pass through on their way toward erotic and emotional discovery. A landmark book, Promiscuities is a call to women of all ages to reclaim and celebrate their sexuality.

      Promiscuities. The Secret Struggle for Womanhood
      3,8
    • Every year, millions of women have their lives turned inside out by the experience of pregnancy. This book takes a critical look at the powerful vested interests in the pregnancy business and at the social message coming at women: an amalgam of sentimentality, psychologically dangerous half-truths and conflicting ideologies.

      Misconceptions: Truth, lies and the unexpected on the journey to motherhood
      3,7
    • Promiscuities

      An Opinionated History of Female Desire

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení

      Exploring the often-taboo topic of women's sexual coming-of-age, bestselling author Naomi Wolf offers a provocative and deeply personal perspective. She delves into the complexities of female sexuality, challenging societal norms and encouraging open dialogue about women's experiences and desires. Through her insights, Wolf aims to empower women to embrace their sexuality and confront the cultural narratives that shape their lives.

      Promiscuities
      3,7
    • Feminist thinker Naomi Wolf, presents her most personal book yet - a stirring portrait of her father and his unconventional wisdom on how to live, love, and see the world. Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005; London: Virago, 2006.

      The treehouse : eccentric wisdom on how to live, love and see
      3,4
    • "In "The Beauty Myth", Naomi Wolf sought to change the way in which women see themselves in relation to their bodies. Now she focuses on how they see themselves in relation to power. She argues that the feminist movement has to change if it is to speak to a new generation of women, and that, even as women are gaining more ground than ever before, a wariness of feminist orthodoxies keeps them away from the only movement capable of putting political clout behind their personal success. The book represents a call to women to throw off centuries of conditioning about the relationship between power and femininity."--Www.amazon.co.uk (Feb. 1, 2011.).

      Fire with fire : the new female power and how it will change the 21st century
      3,7
    • Outrages

      • 400 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení

      A NOTE FROM MARGO BALDWIN, President and Publisher, Chelsea Green Publishing “Naomi Wolf’s Outrages is a vitally important book to publish right now, not just because of its literary scholarship, which is superb, but because it speaks so clearly to the present societal moment. It’s a moment that is incredibly dangerous, a potential turning point when marginalized people and groups are targeted, silenced and often jailed. It’s a time when information counter to the official narrative is censored and erased from the public sphere, when books and articles and even scientific research are banned and labeled as “fake news” or “dangerous misinformation.” Outrages shows what happens when a society, in this case Victorian England, becomes obsessed with contagion and impurity and criminalizes “immoral” acts and “dangerous” ideas. . . . Read it and weep, not just for those who suffered in a distant Victorian time but for those who suffer still from the draconian laws that era produced and which are still in effect all over the world today.”

      Outrages
      3,2
    • Valse Verwachting

      Waarheid, leugens en het onverwachte op weg naar het moederschap

      • 322 stránek
      • 12 hodin čtení

      Kritische analyse van de maatschappelijke bejegening van (aanstaande) moeders, met name in de Verenigde Staten.

      Valse Verwachting
      4,0
    • Im Grunde böse

      COVID-19, die neuen Machteliten und ihr Krieg gegen die Menschlichkeit

      • 382 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení
      Im Grunde böse
      4,0
    • Eine fulminante Verteidigung der Demokratie Demokratie muss mit Zivilcourage verteidigt werden, damit Diktaturen daran gehindert werden, auf die Bühne der Geschichte zurückzukehren. Mit Scharfblick und exzellenten historischen Analysen beschreibt Naomi Wolf zehn Schritte, die den Niedergang funktionierender Demokratien charakterisieren. In Zeiten von Bürgerüberwachung, Datenspeicherung und Sicherheitshysterie ist dieses Buch aktueller denn je.

      Wie zerstört man eine Demokratie
      3,5
    • Die Stärke der Frauen

      • 416 stránek
      • 15 hodin čtení

      Die überzeugte Feministin Naomi Wolf will - so paradox dies auch klingen mag - den Feminismus überflüssig machen. Wenn die Frauen sich auf ihre eigentliche Kraft und ihre Energien besinnen, wenn sie endlich den Mut und die Lust haben, sich ihren Teil der gesellschaftlichen Macht zu holen, wenn sie sich dabei weder von Männern noch von radikalen Feministinnen, noch von ihrem eigenen Harmoniebedürfnis einschüchtern lassen, dann sind wir alle endlich da, wo wir hinmüssen - auf dem Weg zur echten Gleichberechtigung, zur wahren Demokratie.

      Die Stärke der Frauen
      3,0
    • De twaalf wetten van mijn vader

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení

      Diepgaande gesprekken tussen vader en dochter over thema's als geluk, creativiteit, liefde en begaafdheid.

      De twaalf wetten van mijn vader