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French Socialism and Sexual Difference - Women and the New Society, 1803-44 (Hardcover)
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French Socialism and Sexual Difference - Women and the New Society, 1803-44 (Hardcover)
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This study explores the meanings ascribed to sexual differences
within early 19th century French socialism, and the implications of
such definitions for women. Through a detailed examination of the
theories of Charles Fourier, the Saint-Simonians and Flora Tristan,
it illustrates how gender distinctions provided a tool of social
criticism and an image of the idealized future. Love and sympathy
were assigned as the qualities of the feminine, thus justifying
women's social participation alongside men. Furthermore, these
qualities gave the feminine a symbolic significance in the project
of moral and social renewal, evoking the desired world of harmony
and co-operation. Rather than rejecting the binary distinction
between masculine and feminine which was gaining new importance in
their society, therefore, socialists challenged the value it
ascribed to each sex and the roles it legitimated. However, the
accentuation of sex differences also circumscribed the
possibilities for female liberty and self-definition in their own
society, and in the ideal worlds they envisaged.
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