No just society can be built on the foundation of a false anthropology. Our culture makes an idol of autonomy, which leads to a particular suspicion of women, children, and pregnancy—the entangled, dependent relationship that marks all of our beginnings. In The Dignity of Dependence, Leah Libresco Sargeant makes the case for a feminism that begins with women’s unique exposure to the needs of another, and explains how it can help all of us live fruitfully.

Leah Libresco Sargeant is the author of The Dignity of Dependence, as well as Arriving at Amen and Building the Benedict Option. She works on family policy in Washington, D.C. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. She runs the Substack Other Feminisms, focused on advocating for women in a world that makes an idol of autonomy.