The pious sex essays on women and religion in the history of political thought - Radasanu, Andrea, 1973- (Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2010)
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: the pious sex / Andrea Radasanu -- The piety of Esther / Clifford Orwin -- Three tragic versions of female (im)piety: Clytemnestra, Jocasta, and Antigone / Kathrin H. Rosenfield -- Women, war, and piety in Plato's Laws / Dana Jalbert Stauffer -- Educating the perfect wife: piety and rational control in the Oeconomicus / Paul W. Ludwig -- Love and piety in Machiavelli's Mandragola / Catherine Connors --" Nay, then 'tis past jesting": piety and female friendship in Catharine Trotter's Love at a loss / Heather King -- Women, Christianity, and the modern in Montesquieu's Considerations on the Romans / Diana J. Schaub -- Rousseau's domestication of Amour-propre / Eve Grace -- Jane Austen's education of women: a study of Mansfield Park / Amy L. Bonnette -- Flaubert: Eros and politics after Rousseau / Andrea Radasanu -- Nietzche in Eden / Lise van Boxel -- Index -- About the contributors
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: 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