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PHILOSOPHYRELIGIOUSSTUDIESCULTURALSTUDIESSPECIFICATIONSSPECIFICATIONSCanawinereallybefeminineprofoundorpretentiousIsChteauLEgliseClinetreallyabetterwinethanChteauBelairDoesasommeliersjudgmenthaveanyobjectivevalidityoriseveryonespalettedifferentandtheadviceofacriticthereforeirrelevantIsagreatwineaworkofartQuestionslikethesehaveentertainedanyonewhohaseverpuzzledoverthetastingnotesofawineexpert.Suchquestionscanbebewilderingbuttheyalsoraisefascinatingphilosophicalissuesaboutthenatureofsenseperceptionknowledgebeautyandmeaning.Wineappreciationcanrevealimportantinsightsaboutourselvesourinterestsandpleasures.InalivelyandengagingdiscussionofthephilosophicalsignicanceofwineCainToddbringsmuch-neededclaritytoconfusionsaboutwinecharacteristicsandthenatureofexpertisewhilechampioningtheobjectivityandseriousnessofourappre-ciationofwine.Toddshowsthattobeabletointerpretandappreciatethecomplexityanduniquevaluesofanobjectthatatrstisjustanalcoholicdrinkisanincrediblethingandanexperiencewithoutwhichtheworldwouldbeapoorerplace.TouchingonissuesinmetaphysicsepistemologyandthephilosophyofmindToddoffersasustaineddefenceoftheobjectivityofwinejudgmentsademysticationofthenatureofexpertiseandatheoryoftheaestheticvalueofwineanditsappreciation.isalecturerinphilosophyatLancasterUniversity.InKatherineYoungandPaulNathansonchallengeaninuentialversionofmoderngoddessreligiononethatunderminessexualequalityandpromoteshatredintheformofmisandrythesexistcounterpartofmisogyny.TosetthestagetheauthorsdiscusstwomassivelypopularbooksDanBrownsandRianeEislersbothofwhichrelyonafeministconspiracytheoryofhistory.TheythenshowhowsomegoddessfeministsandtheiracademicsupportershaveturnedwhatChristiansknowastheFallofManintothefallofmen.Inthebeginningaccordingtothreedocumentarylmsourancestorslivedinanegalitarianparadiseundertheaegisofabenevolentgreatgoddess.Butmeneitherrebelledorinvadedreplacingthegoddesswithgodsandestablishingpatriarchiesthathaveoppressedwomeneversince.Intheendhoweverwomenwillrestorethegoddessandthereforeparadiseaswell.Thebookconcludeswithseveralcasestudiesofmoderngoddessreligionanditseffectsonmainstreamreligion.YoungandNathansonshowthatwecanmovebeyondnotonlybothgynocentrismandandrocentrismbutalsobothmisandryandmisogyny.isJamesMcGillProfessorofreligiousstudiesatMcGillUniversity.isaresearcherinreligiousstudiesatMcGillUniversity.Theyareco-authorsofandThePhilosophyofWineACaseofTruthBeautyandIntoxicationSanctifyingMisandryGoddessIdeologyandtheFallofManJanuary2011March201119891989caintoddkatherinek.youngandpaulnathanson2011newinpaperMQUPSPRINGAnengagingdiscussiononthephilosophicalsignicanceofwine.HowsomefeministshaveusedreligiontoturntheFallofManintothefallofmen.978-0-7735-3838-234.95TCDN29.95TUScloth69224ppNorthAmericanrights978-0-7735-3873-334.95TCDN29.95TUS20.99paper69396ppSanctifyingMisandryTheDaVinciCodeTheChaliceandtheBladeSpreadingMisandryTheTeachingofContemptforMeninPopularCultureLegalizingMisandryFromPublicShametoSystemicDiscriminationAgainstMen.CainToddKatherineK.YoungPaulNathanson