LEADER 03074nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910815147403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-62647-6 010 $a0-203-80239-X 010 $a0-415-59674-2 010 $a1-136-62646-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000208743 035 $a(EBL)958221 035 $a(OCoLC)798532010 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC958221 035 $a(OCoLC)785937371 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB136246 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000208743 100 $a20110411d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMan's dominion $ereligion and the eclipse of women's rights in world politics /$fSheila Jeffreys 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2012 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-59673-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMAN'S DOMINION Religion and the eclipse of women's rights in world politics; Copyright; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The devil's gateway: religion and the subordination of women; 2 Fundamentalism: the divine right of patriarchs; 3 The right to religion trumps women's human rights; 4 Multiculturalism and 'respect' for religion; 5 Desecularisation and women's equality; 6 Covering up women; 7 A harem for every man? The rise of polygamy; 8 The master's tools: Islamic feminism and its critics; Conclusion: liberating women from religious oppression; References 327 $aIndex 330 $aIn this feminist critique of the politics of religion, Sheila Jeffreys argues that the renewed rise of religion is harmful to women's human rights. The book seeks to rekindle the criticism of religion as the founding ideology of patriarchy.Focusing on the three monotheistic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam, this book examines common anti-women attitudes such as 'male-headship', impurity of women, the need to control women's bodies, and their modern manifestations in multicultural Western states. It points to the incorporation of religious law into legal systems, faith schoo 517 1 $aMan's dominion the rise of religion and the eclipse of women's rights 606 $aSex discrimination against women 606 $aPatriarchy 606 $aReligion and politics 606 $aReligion$xSocial aspects 606 $aHuman rights 615 0$aSex discrimination against women. 615 0$aPatriarchy. 615 0$aReligion and politics. 615 0$aReligion$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aHuman rights. 676 $a201/.7208209051 700 $aJeffreys$b Sheila$0553920 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815147403321 996 $aMan's Dominion$93925798 997 $aUNINA