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by Renate Klein (Author)
Renate Klein is celebrated for her writings in many fields. Radical Reckonings: Survival in Patriarchy brings together articles and essays written about Women's Studies and resistance to the encroachments of technology - reproductive and digital - on women's bodies. Her groundbreaking critiques of digital technology and of the new acceptance of surrogacy make for hair-raising reading.
Author Biography
Dr Renate Klein holds an MSc from Zü rich University, a BA (Honours) in Women's Studies from the (University of California at Berkeley, and a PhD in Sociology of Education from the University of London. She was a Research Associate in the Department of Neurobiology at the University of Zü rich. Klein was Associate Professor, Women's Studies at Deakin University until retirement in 2006 and taught courses on International Feminism, Reproductive Medicine and Feminist Ethics. Since the early 1980s she has conducted critical feminist research on the new and old reproductive technologies including international population control, IVF (fertility drugs), hormonal and immunological contraceptives, RU 486 and Gardasil. With Dr Susan Hawthorne she co-founded the independent feminist publishing company Spinifex Press in Melbourne in 1991. She is the (co)author/(co)editor of 20 books including Test-Tube Women: What Future for Motherhood?; Infertility: Women's Experiences with Reproductive Medicine; RU 486: Misconceptions, Myths and Morals; Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed; Cyberfeminism and Not Dead Yet. Dr Klein has authored 23 book chapters and 40 journal articles. Her latest article on international surrogacy was published in Arena (March 2025),
