LEADER 03355nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910462499103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613911612 010 $a1-283-59916-3 010 $a0-7391-3106-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000241766 035 $a(EBL)1021864 035 $a(OCoLC)817812546 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000745527 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12278878 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745527 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10859515 035 $a(PQKB)10309063 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1021864 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1021864 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10602253 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391161 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000241766 100 $a20091119d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe pious sex$b[electronic resource] $eessays on women and religion in the history of political thought /$fedited by Andrea Radasanu 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-3104-4 311 $a0-7391-3105-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a9: 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 330 $aThis 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 culminated in secular and egalitarian modern society. The essays also give highly analytical accounts of the manifold and intricate relationships between religion, family and public life in the history of political thought, and the various ways in which these relationships have manifested themselves in pagan, Jewish, Christian and 606 $aPiety$xSex differences$xHistory 606 $aReligion and politics$xHistory 606 $aWomen and religion$xHistory 606 $aWomen$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPiety$xSex differences$xHistory. 615 0$aReligion and politics$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen and religion$xHistory. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 676 $a200.82 701 $aRadasanu$b Andrea$f1973-$0957486 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462499103321 996 $aThe pious sex$92277950 997 $aUNINA