The pious sex essays on women and religion in the history of political thought / [electronic resource] : edited by Andrea Radasanu. - Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2010. - 1 online resource (ix, 291 p.)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

the pious sex / The piety of Esther / Three tragic versions of female (im)piety: Clytemnestra, Jocasta, and Antigone / Women, war, and piety in Plato's Laws / Educating the perfect wife: piety and rational control in the Oeconomicus / Love and piety in Machiavelli's Mandragola / Nay, then 'tis past jesting": piety and female friendship in Catharine Trotter's Love at a loss / Women, Christianity, and the modern in Montesquieu's Considerations on the Romans / Rousseau's domestication of Amour-propre / Jane Austen's education of women: a study of Mansfield Park / Flaubert: Eros and politics after Rousseau / Nietzche in Eden / Andrea Radasanu -- Clifford Orwin -- Kathrin H. Rosenfield -- Dana Jalbert Stauffer -- Paul W. Ludwig -- Catherine Connors --" Heather King -- Diana J. Schaub -- Eve Grace -- Amy L. Bonnette -- Andrea Radasanu -- Lise van Boxel -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Index -- About the contributors

9780739131060 (electronic bk.) 0739131060 (electronic bk.)


Women and religion--History.
Piety--Sex differences--History.
Religion and politics--History.
Women--Social conditions.
Frau.
Politisches Denken.
Religiosität.
RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict


Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.

BL458 / .P54 2010eb

200.82