Infidel Feminism - Secularism, Religion and Women's Emancipation, England 1830-1914 (Paperback)

Infidel feminism is the first in-depth study of a distinctive brand of women's rights that emerged out of the Victorian Secularist movement. It looks at the lives and work of a number of female activists, whose renunciation of religion shaped their struggle for emancipation. Anti-religious or secular ideas were fundamental to the development of feminist thought, but have, until now, been almost entirely passed over in the historiography of the Victorian and Edwardian women's movement. In uncovering an important tradition of Freethinking feminism, this book reveals an ongoing radical and free love current connecting Owenite feminism with the more 'respectable' post-1850 women's movement and the 'New Women' of the early twentieth century. This book, newly available in paperback, will be invaluable to both scholars and students of social and cultural history and feminist thought, and to interdisciplinary studies of religion and secularisation, as well as those interested in the history of women's movements more broadly. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Gender in History
Release date:	March 2015
Authors:	Laura Schwarz
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-9728-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Humanist & secular alternatives to religion > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Humanist & secular alternatives to religion > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7190-9728-2
Barcode:	9780719097287

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