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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA sparkling collection of essays that examines the old assumption that women are the pious sex. The authors take testimony from the highest sources in philosophy, poetry and religion as they begin the task—so long postponed—of studying women as they are. This is feminism as it should be. -- Harvey Mansfield, Professor of Government, Harvard University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Table of ContentsChapter 1 1. Introduction: The Pious Sex? Chapter 2 2. Esther's Piety Chapter 3 3.Three Tragic Versions of Female (Im)piety: Clytemnestra, Jocasta and Antigone Chapter 4 4. Women, War, and Piety in Plato's Laws Chapter 5 5. Educating the Perfect Wife: Piety and Rational Control in the Oeconomicus Chapter 6 6. Love and Piety in Machiavelli's Mandragola Chapter 7 7. Nay, then Tis past Jesting: Piety and Female Friendship in Catharine Trotter's Love at a Loss Chapter 8 8. Women, Christianity, and the Modern in Montesquieu's Considerations on the Romans Chapter 9 9. Rousseau's Domestication of Amour-Propre 10 10. Jane Austen's Education of Women: A Study of Mansfield Park Chapter 12 12. Nietzsche in Eden
