The World of Men

IN THE PATRIARCHS, ANGELA SAINI PARSES THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCT THAT DETERMINES POWER AND ENTITLEMENT IN EVERY CULTURE OF THE WORLD

- Arshia Sattar

Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist. Her earlier books have addressed the flashpoint issues of our times, such as race and gender, and now she turns her telescopic eye onto the patriarchy, the social construct that determines power and entitlement in every culture of the world. Saini's research is staggering-this book has 52 pages of notes and citations-her sources and resources include sociology, anthropology, the human sciences, politics, philosophy, history, museums, monuments, significant buildings and geographies. Her connected essays are studded with references and quotations, all throwing light on the way the patriarchy developed and was sustained across time and space. She argues, however, that how the patriarchy operates depends on who and where we are.