Sex and Secularism

Sex and Secularism

by Scott, Joan Wallach

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How secularism has been used to justify the subordination of women Joan Wallach Scott's acclaimed and controversial writings have been foundational for the field of gender history. With Sex and Secularism, Scott challenges one of the central claims of the "clash of civilizations" polemic-the false notion that secularism is a guarantee of gender equality. Drawing on a wealth of scholarship by second-wave feminists and historians of religion, race, and colonialism, Scott shows that the gender equ…

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  • Full title :Sex and Secularism.

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How secularism has been used to justify the subordination of women Joan Wallach Scott's acclaimed and controversial writings have been foundational for the field of gender history. With Sex and Secularism, Scott challenges one of the central claims of the "clash of civilizations" polemic-the false notion that secularism is a guarantee of gender equality. Drawing on a wealth of scholarship by second-wave feminists and historians of religion, race, and colonialism, Scott shows that the gender equality invoked today as a fundamental and enduring principle was not originally associated with the.

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  • Publication Date:2017.

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  • Description:1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781400888580, 1400888581
  • DOI:10.1515/9781400888580.
  • oclc:on1024261842
  • LC Classification:HQ1190
  • Dewey Decimal:305.42

Table of Contents

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION The Discourse of Secularism; CHAPTER 1 Women and Religion; CHAPTER 2 Reproductive Futurism; CHAPTER 3 Political Emancipation; CHAPTER 4 From the Cold War to the Clash of Civilizations; CHAPTER 5 Sexual Emancipation; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Subjects

Feminism Feminisme Femmes -- Conditions sociales Geschlechtergeschichte Geschlechterrolle Gleichberechtigung HISTORY -- Women Rôle selon le sexe Säkularismus Sex role Women -- Social conditions

Writers

Scott, Joan Wallach

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