Debating Patriarchy

The book concludes with an overview of current uses of the concept of patriarchy from fundamentalist Christian activism, over foreign policy analyses of oppressive regimes, to scholarly debates about forms of effective governance. [...]it pursues some salient highlights of how people have used the c...

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Published in:Lilith (Fitzroy, Vic.) Vic.), 2020-10 (26), p.221-253
Main Authors: Adams, Julia, Roth, Benita, Miller, Pavla
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Fathers
Feminism
French Revolution
History
Modernity
Patriarchy
Political economy
Social order
Weber, Max (1864-1920)
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Summary:The book concludes with an overview of current uses of the concept of patriarchy from fundamentalist Christian activism, over foreign policy analyses of oppressive regimes, to scholarly debates about forms of effective governance. [...]it pursues some salient highlights of how people have used the concept of patriarchy, rather than trying to explore in any detailed way the relationship between theory and empirics. Many will necessarily read this book in light of Miller's earlier, excellent Tran formations of Patriarchy in the West, 1500- 1900.4 The first part of that text explored what is the historical mid-section of the present book: the moment of early modern patriarchalism and the shift to fraternalism, via the wave of great European revolutions that kicked off in the eighteenth century. Miller was most influenced by Carole Pateman, herself building on Sir Robert Filmer, the social contract tradition, and Sigmund Freud. [...]the big political story is the transition from absolutist father-rule to fraternal revolutions that excluded women from the nascent public sphere.
ISSN:0813-8990