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This book analyses the ideas of the Swedish journalist, feminist,
and literary author Elin Wagner (1882-1949), as conveyed in her
book Vackarklocka (1941), in a European feminist context. This
context is presented in terms of three elements. Firstly, the
German sociologist/educationalist Mathilde Vaerting and her
sociology of power played an important role in Wagner's development
of a theory of matriarchy. Secondly, the influence of the Austrian
feminist Rosa Mayreder and her theory of masculine civilization and
feminine culture are analyzed in relation to Wagner's development
of what might be called an early ecological feminism. Thirdly, the
mainly unknown Women's Organization for World Order (WOWO) is
presented. 0s and 1930s, which wanted to strengthen women's
position and confidence as political citizens by providing them
with a historical past where women ruled (matriarchy). Thereby they
not only reinvented a past, but also revitalized the emergence or
eternity of patriarchy. These women discussed the possibility of
women offering an alternative to the prevailing order. A special
analysis is made of Mayreder's and Wagner's way of discussing what
woman is and in what ways she can challenge the system. Both argued
that women ought to have the same rights and duties as men, but
that this should not require them to adapt to the distorted male
system. This study argues that this position, easily characterized
as "essentialist" in modern feminist terms, is in fact functional
and strongly emancipatory in its time and context. In this
reevaluation of Vackarklocka Katarina Leppanen has established this
important Swedish novel as a text central to the development of the
feminist movement. Elin Wagner's Alarm Clock is a book suitable for
students of Swedish Literature and European Feminism.
Ideas in History (ISSN 1890-1832) is the result of collaborative
efforts among nearly a dozen universities and colleges throughout
the Nordic countries. The purpose of these initiatives is to
further awareness of research, resources and activities in the
field of intellectual history in the Nordic countries as well as
internationally. The journal aims to create a meeting ground for
the study of ideas in historical context across disciplinary,
geographical and institutional boundaries. Ideas in History
welcomes interdisciplinary approaches to intellectual history at
the same time it acknowledges specific traditions in the field.
Ideas in History seeks a pluralism of methodological approaches to
intellectual history: reflections on the field, historical contexts
studied, subject matter for intellectual-historical investigation,
critical understandings of relations between the intellectual past
and present as well as the comprehension of culturally, politically
and geographically diverse intellectual traditions. Volume 7, no.
1-2: Thematic Issue: Literature and Nation: Katarina Leppanen and
Rebecka Lettevall, "Introduction: The Baltic Sea Area as a
Historical, Cultural and Social Space"; Katarina Leppanen, "Fiction
as a Historical Source: Alternative Identities in Aino Kallas and
Hella Wuolijoki"; Anna Bohlin, "Fredrika Bremer's Concept of the
Nation During her American Journey"; Jenny Bergenmar, "Selma
Lagerlof, Narrative and Counter-Narrative: The Question of Sources
in the Historical Understanding of an Author's Works"; Eve Annuk,
"Emancipation and the New Woman in Early Estonian Journalism";
Kalle Pihlainen, "Literary Knowledge in Historical Study: The Case
of Josef kvorecky's The Engineer of Human Souls"; Kristin Rodier,
"Can There Be a Postmodern Nationalism?"
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