{"title":"Augustine Sedgewick","description":"Augustine Sedgewick is the author of Coffeeland: One Man's Dark Empire and the Making of Our Favorite Drug, a New York Times Editors' Choice and winner of the Cherasco International Prize. He earned his doctorate at Harvard University, and his writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. His American Scholar essay \"Thoreau's Pencils\", exploring ties he discovered between Henry David Thoreau and slavery around the Gulf of Mexico, was honored by Best American Essays. Sedgewick lives in New York City with his son.","products":[{"product_id":"fatherhood-a-history-of-love-and-power-hardcover","title":"Fatherhood: A History of Love and Power - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superbly intelligent...[a] rewarding \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e-style big history.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold and original history of fatherhood, exploring its invention and transformation from the Bronze Age to the present through a collective portrait of emblematic fathers who have helped to define how the world should be ruled and what it means to be a man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFatherhood is one of the most meaningful aspects of human culture, but we know little about when or where fatherhood first emerged, or even how or why. Despite its enigmatic beginnings, fatherhood has, for centuries, given shape to ideas about the world, defined human experiences, and provided the foundation of patriarchy. The history of fatherhood is not just the story of one of humanity's great values: caring for those who cannot care for themselves. And it is not merely the story of patriarchy--\"the power of fathers\"--which is arguably the oldest and most widespread form of social hierarchy and political oppression. It is the story of how these twin strands of history became so entangled that they are often indistinguishable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e, celebrated historian Augustine Sedgewick explains how this style of parenting emerged in the first place, why it has changed over time, and whether it will endure as we know it, despite its extraordinary costs. Told through the lives of emblematic fathers like Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Henry VIII, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, and Sigmund Freud, this is an ambitious yet intimate look at how masculinity has evolved and how men have come to hold disproportionate power by expanding and reinforcing the power of fathers in times of crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSedgewick, acclaimed for his \"literary gifts and prodigious research\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e), takes us from the Bronze Age to the present to revolutionize our understanding of fathers and challenge the fictions that have surrounded them for centuries. \u003ci\u003eFatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e transforms our understanding of this fundamental idea, experience, and institution, allowing us to better know our past and re-envision our common future.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51339544166623,"sku":"9781668046296","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JCnVUr2Z_39781668046296.webp?v=1788681079"},{"product_id":"fatherhood-a-history-of-love-and-power-paperback","title":"Fatherhood: A History of Love and Power - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Superbly intelligent...[a] rewarding \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e-style big history.\" \u003ci\u003e--The Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold and original history of the invention and transformation of masculinity's most important institution, from the Bronze Age to the contemporary \"crisis of men\", told through a collective portrait of emblematic fathers who have helped to define our fundamental ideas of familial love, political power, and what it means to be a man.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat makes a father? At least since the beginning of the written historical record five thousand years ago, ideas of paternity have shaped basic human understanding of who we are, where we come from, and what we are capable of--identity and inheritance in all its forms. Yet we know little about where and why the concept of fatherhood arose in the first place, or how it has changed over time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this acclaimed book, prizewinning historian Augustine Sedgewick, celebrated for his \"literary gifts and prodigious research\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e), traces for the first time the origins and evolution of fatherhood in Western culture, from the Bronze Age to the contemporary \"crisis of men\". With intimate detail, Sedgewick reconstructs the lives of some of history's most famous fathers--Aristotle, Saint Augustine, Henry VIII, Thomas Jefferson, Darwin, Freud, Bob Dylan, and more--to show how, in moments of historic crisis and conflict, men developed new ideals of fatherhood that helped sustain their power and authority within the family and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet the history of fatherhood is not just the story of patriarchy, arguably the oldest and most widespread form of social inequality. Nor is it simply the story of paternal care and affection. Instead, it is the story of how these twin strands became so entangled that they are often indistinguishable. \u003ci\u003eFatherhood\u003c\/i\u003e takes us on a journey across hundreds of generations to uncover the roots of modern masculinity and help us see one of the most meaningful parts of our lives in a new light.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51342176420063,"sku":"9781668046302","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/RJBpVCkLhy9781668046302.webp?v=1788720670"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/augustine-sedgewick.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}