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UNINA9910462499103321 |
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Titolo |
The pious sex [[electronic resource] ] : essays on women and religion in the history of political thought / / edited by Andrea Radasanu |
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Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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9786613911612 |
1-283-59916-3 |
0-7391-3106-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Piety - Sex differences - History |
Religion and politics - History |
Women and religion - History |
Women - Social conditions |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction: The Pious Sex?; 2: The Piety of Esther; 3: Three Tragic Versions of Female (1m)piety: Clytemnestra, Jocasta, and Antigone; 4: Women, War, and Piety in Plato's Laws; 5: Educating the Perfect Wife: Piety and Rational Control in the Oeconomicus; 6: Love and Piety in Machiavelli's Mandragola; 7: ""Nay, then 'Tis past Jesting"": Piety and Female Friendship in Catharine Trotter's Love at a Loss; 8: Women, Christianity, and the Modem in Montesquieu's Considerations on the Romans |
9: Rousseau's Domestication of Amour-Propre10: Jane Austen's Education of Women: A Study of Mansfield Park; 11: Flaubert: Eros and Politics After Rousseau; 12: Nietzsche in Eden Lise van Boxel; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection of original essays examines the relationship between women and religion in the history of political thought broadly conceived. This theme is a remarkably revealing lens through which to view the Western philosophical and poetical traditions that have |
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