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Man's Dominion [[electronic resource] ] : The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights



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Autore: Jeffreys Sheila Visualizza persona
Titolo: Man's Dominion [[electronic resource] ] : The Rise of Religion and the Eclipse of Women's Rights Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
Disciplina: 201.7208209051
201/.7208209051
Soggetto topico: Human rights
Patriarchy
Religion - Social aspects
Religion -- Social aspects
Religion and politics
Sex discrimination against women
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di contenuto: MAN'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
Index
Sommario/riassunto: In 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
Titolo autorizzato: Man's Dominion  Visualizza cluster
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910461856103321
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