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Man's dominion : religion and the eclipse of women's rights in world politics / Sheila Jeffreys.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jeffreys, Sheila.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Patriarchy.
- Religion and politics.
- Religion--Social aspects.
- Religion.
- Human rights.
- Physical Description:
- 222 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Summary:
- Jefferys (social and political science, U. of Melbourne) examines the rise of religion around the world and the ill effects it has bore women. She looks at all three Abrahamic religions, not just their fundamentalist forms. One of the main themes of the book is to challenge rather than "respect" religions in the liberal multiculturalist sense, which she argues has obscured a "gentleman's agreement" to tolerate misogyny. She recalls feminist critiques of religion in the 1970s and '80s, surveys the international rise of right-wing religionists seeking to counter advances in women's rights, how multiculturalism and desecularization have facilitated the rise of religion, the harm of practices like veiling and polygamy, and the way that the Left marginalizes feminist critics of religion. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415596732
- 0415596734
- 9780415596749
- 0415596742
- 9780203802397
- 020380239X
- OCLC:
- 690084855
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