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Zusatztext Patriarchal Moments invites us to read a host of classic texts – religious and literary, philosophical and political – in the company of specialists whose perspicacious interpretations probe the tension between normative frameworks and actual social and political practice. With its salutary reminder that patriarchalism is above all a way of understanding social and political order, Patriarchal Moments offers a compelling series of contextualized analyses that explore the different kinds of personalized authority – male over female, father over child, government over families – that constitute the several, interrelated faces of patriarchal power. As such, it invites us to consider the emotional purchase that patriarchal visions of familial and political authority have exercised in both past and present, offering ways to rethink the obstacles that feminists face in their efforts to re-shape both familial and political spheres of life. Informationen zum Autor Cesare Cuttica is Lecturer in British History at the University of Paris 8-Vincennes, France. Gaby Mahlberg is an independent scholar based in Berlin, Germany. Klappentext This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Patriarchalism is omnipresent in Western culture and it pervades the texts that have shaped this culture. From the creation story in the Bible to the ancient authors, from the Church fathers to the treatises of Enlightenment philosophers, right up to modern fiction, male authority over women, children and other dependents has shaped the nature of human relationships and the discourses about these relationships. This collection of short essays offers fresh and novel readings of key texts in the history of patriarchalism as a concept of power. The texts selected are from political, religious and literary works and together the readings add new insights to a tradition that has never gone uncontested, yet is unlikely to disappear soon. Vorwort Patriarchal Moments is a distinctive collection of essays offering fresh readings of key texts in the history of patriarchalism as a concept of power. Zusammenfassung This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Patriarchalism is omnipresent in Western culture and it pervades the texts that have shaped this culture. From the creation story in the Bible to the ancient authors, from the Church fathers to the treatises of Enlightenment philosophers, right up to modern fiction, male authority over women, children and other dependents has shaped the nature of human relationships and the discourses about these relationships. This collection of short essays offers fresh and novel readings of key texts in the history of patriarchalism as a concept of power. The texts selected are from political, religious and literary works and together the readings add new insights to a tradition that has never gone uncontested, yet is unlikely to disappear soon. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Cesare Cuttica (The University of Paris VIII, France) and Gaby Mahlberg (Northumbria University, UK)The Monotheistic Tradition and the Ancient World1 The Talmud: A Tale of Two Bodies Sarra Lev (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, USA)2 Of Women, Snakes and Trees: The Bible Deborah W. Rooke (Oxford University, UK)3 Patriarchalism and the Qur’an Asma Barlas (Ithaca College, USA)4 Citizens but Second-Class: Women in Aristotle’s Politics (384 to 322 B.C.E.) Edith Hall (King’s College, London, UK) The Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation5 Augustine’s The City of God (5th century A.D.): Patriarchy, Pluralism, and the Creation of Man Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr College, USA)6 Men, Women and Monsters: John Knox’s First Blast of the Trumpet (1558) Anne McL...
