What Are Children For?: On Ambivalence and Choice by Anastasia Berg
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| Title | What Are Children For?: On Ambivalence and Choice |
| Author | Anastasia Berg |
| Year of Publication | June 11, 2024 |
| Language | English |
| File Format | PDF/ePub |
| Number of Pages | 336 |
Book Description
A modern argument grounded in philosophy and culture about childbearing ambivalence and how to overcome it
Becoming a parent, once the expected outcome of adulthood, is increasingly viewed as a potential threat to the most basic goals and aspirations of modern life. We seek self-fulfillment; we want to liberate women to find meaning and self-worth outside the home; and we wish to protect the planet from the ravages of climate change. Weighing the pros and cons of having children, the Millennial and Gen Z generations are finding it increasingly hard to judge in its favor. What Are Children For? seeks to loosen the grip of the shallow narratives that either lament growing childlessness as a mark of cultural decline, or celebrate it as unambiguous evidence of social progress. Berg and Wiseman explore philosophical and cultural examples of this debate, whether from modernist writers like Virginia Woolf, second-wave feminists in the 1970s, or the current trend of dystopian novels and stories.
In the tradition of Jenny Odell and Amia Srinivasan, Berg and Wiseman write with clear logic and passionate prose to offer those struggling the guidance necessary to move beyond their uncertainty. What Are Children For? concludes that we must embrace the fundamental goodness of human life―not only in theory, but in our everyday lives, and having children can be at the core of that choice.
