Eve's Enlightenment

Eve's Enlightenment

Author: Catherine M. Jaffe

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2009-04-01

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0807142603

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Eve's portrayal in the Bible as a sinner and a temptress seemed to represent -- and justify -- women's inferior position in society for much of history. During the Enlightenment, women challenged these traditional gender roles by joining the public sphere as writers, intellectuals, philanthropists, artists, and patrons of the arts. Some sought to reclaim Eve by recasting her as a positive symbol of women's abilities and intellectual curiosity. In Eve's Enlightenment, leading scholars in the fields of history, art history, literature, and psychology discuss how Enlightenment philosophies compared to women's actual experiences in Spain and Spanish America during the period. Relying on newspaper accounts, poetry, polemic, paintings, and saints' lives, this diverse group of contributors discuss how evolving legal, social, and medical norms affected Hispanic women and how art and literature portrayed them. Contributors such as historians Mónica Bolufer Peruga and María Victoria López-Cordón Cortezo, art historian Janis A. Tomlinson, and literary critic Rebecca Haidt also examine the contributions these women's experiences make to a transatlantic understanding of the Enlightenment. A common theme unites many of the essays: while Enlightenment reformers demanded rational equality for men and women, society increasingly emphasized sentiment and passion as defining characteristics of the female sex, leading to deepening contradictions. Despite clear gaps between Enlightenment ideals and women's experiences, however, the contributors agree that the women of Spain and Spanish America not only took part in the social and cultural transformations of the time but also exerted their own power and influence to help guide the Spanish-speaking world toward modernity. The first interdisciplinary collection published in English, Eve's Enlightenment offers a wealth of information for scholars of eighteenth-century Spanish history, literature, art history, and women's studies. An introduction by editors Catherine M. Jaffe and Elizabeth Franklin Lewis provides helpful historical and contextual information.


Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution

Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution

Author: Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0231549679

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During the two decades that preceded the 2011 revolutions in Egypt and Syria, animated debates took place in Cairo and Damascus on political and social goals for the future. Egyptian and Syrian intellectuals argued over the meaning of tanwir, Arabic for “enlightenment,” and its significance for contemporary politics. They took up questions of human dignity, liberty, reason, tolerance, civil society, democracy, and violence. In Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab offers a groundbreaking analysis of the tanwir debates and their import for the 2011 uprisings. Kassab locates these debates in their local context as well as in broader contemporary political and intellectual Arab history. She argues that the enlightenment they advocated was a form of political humanism that demanded the right of free and public use of reason. By calling for the restoration of human dignity and seeking a moral compass in the wake of the destruction wrought by brutal regimes, they understood tanwir as a humanist ideal. Kassab connects their debates to the Arab uprisings, arguing that their demands bear a striking resemblance to what was voiced on the streets of Egypt and Syria in 2011. Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution is the first book to document these debates for the Anglophone audience and to analyze their importance for contemporary Egyptian and Syrian intellectual life and politics.


Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution

Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution

Author: Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780231176323

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Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab offers a groundbreaking analysis of Egyptian and Syrian debates over enlightenment and their import for the 2011 uprisings. Enlightenment on the Eve of Revolution is the first book to document these debates for the Anglophone audience and to analyze their importance for contemporary intellectual life and politics.


The Routledge Companion to Iberian Studies

The Routledge Companion to Iberian Studies

Author: Javier Muñoz-Basols

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 941

ISBN-13: 1317487303

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This book provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art account of the field, reaffirming Iberian Studies as a dynamic and evolving discipline offering promising areas of future research. It is an essential tool for research in Iberian Studies.


Ambitious Rebels

Ambitious Rebels

Author: Reuben Zahler

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2013-12-19

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 0816521123

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"By examining everyday life in Venezuela's post-colonial period, Reuben Zahler provides a broad perspective on conditions throughout the Americas and the tension between traditional norms and new liberal standards during Venezuela's transformation from aSpanish colony to a modern republic"--


The Enlightenment and Original Sin

The Enlightenment and Original Sin

Author: Matthew Kadane

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0226832899

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"What was the Enlightenment? This question has been endlessly debated. In this book, historian Matthew Kadane advances the bold claim that Enlightenment is best defined through what it set out to accomplish, which was nothing short of rethinking the meaning of human nature. Kadane argues that this project centered around the doctrine of original sin and, ultimately, its rejection, signaling the radical notion that an inherently flawed nature can be overcome by human means. Kadane explores these ambitious, wide-ranging themes through the story of the largely unknown Pentecost Barker, an eighteenth-century "purser" and wine merchant. Examining Barker's diary and correspondence with a Unitarian minister, Kadane tracks the transformation of Barker's consciousness from a Puritan to an Enlightenment outlook. In one man's conversion, Kadane tracks large-scale shifts in self-understanding whose philosophical reverberations would (and have continued to) shape debates on human nature for centuries to come"--


The Fall of Eve

The Fall of Eve

Author: Matt Kingsley

Publisher: Matt Kingsley

Published:

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13:

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Unlock the timeless power of narrative with "The Fall of Eve: The Consequences and hope of One Action." This captivating book delves deep into one of humanity's most enduring stories, offering fresh insights and profound reflections that resonate across centuries and cultures. Through the lens of Eve's pivotal decision, you will explore the intricate dance between knowledge and innocence, the tension between free will and divine command, and the eternal quest for redemption. Immerse yourself in a narrative that has shaped moral and ethical thought for generations. "The Fall of Eve" goes beyond the surface to uncover the rich layers of meaning embedded in this ancient tale. Each chapter, presents a compelling dialogue between Adam, Eve, and an array of scholars, theologians, and artists. These conversations breathe new life into their story, revealing its relevance to contemporary issues and personal growth. Are you ready to embark on a journey that challenges your understanding of sin, redemption, and the human condition? "The Fall of Eve" is more than a book; it's an invitation to explore the depths of human experience through the lens of one transformative act. Perfect for readers who cherish thoughtful literature, this book is a treasure trove of wisdom and inspiration, making it an ideal addition to any collection. Don’t miss your chance to experience this masterful work that bridges the past and the present, offering timeless lessons and fresh perspectives. Order your copy of "The Fall of Eve: The Consequences of One Action" today and discover why this story has captivated hearts and minds for millennia. Dive into a narrative that promises to enrich your understanding of humanity’s greatest questions and inspire you to reflect on your own life’s journey.


Heroines and Local Girls

Heroines and Local Girls

Author: Pamela L. Cheek

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2019-09-27

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0812251482

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Over the course of the long eighteenth century, a network of some fifty women writers, working in French, English, Dutch, and German, staked out a lasting position in the European literary field. These writers were multilingual and lived for many years outside of their countries of origin, translated and borrowed from each others' works, attended literary circles and salons, and fashioned a transnational women's literature characterized by highly recognizable codes. Drawing on a literary geography of national types, women writers across Western Europe read, translated, wrote, and rewrote stories about exceptional young women, literary heroines who transcend the gendered destiny of their distinctive cultural and national contexts. These transcultural heroines struggle against the cultural constraints determining the sexualized fates of local girls. In Heroines and Local Girls, Pamela L. Cheek explores the rise of women's writing as a distinct, transnational category in Britain and Europe between 1650 and 1810. Starting with an account of a remarkable tea party that brought together Frances Burney, Sophie von La Roche, and Marie Elisabeth de La Fite in conversation about Stéphanie de Genlis, she excavates a complex community of European and British women authors. In chapters that incorporate history, network theory, and feminist literary history, she examines the century-and-a-half literary lineage connecting Madame de Maintenon to Mary Wollstonecraft, including Charlotte Lennox and Françoise de Graffigny and their radical responses to sexual violence. Neither simply a reaction to, nor collusion with, patriarchal and national literary forms but, rather, both, women's writing offered an invitation to group membership through a literary project of self-transformation. In so doing, argues Cheek, women's writing was the first modern literary category to capitalize transnationally on the virtue of identity, anticipating the global literary marketplace's segmentation of affinity-based reading publics, and continuing to define women's writing to this day.


Eve in Exile: The Restoration of Femininity

Eve in Exile: The Restoration of Femininity

Author: Rebekah Merkle

Publisher: Canon Press & Book Service

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1944503528

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The swooning Victorian ladies and the 1950s housewives genuinely needed to be liberated. That much is indisputable. So, First-Wave feminists held rallies for women's suffrage. Second-Wave feminists marched for Prohibition, jobs, and abortion. Today, Third-Wave feminists stand firmly for nobody's quite sure what. But modern women--who use psychotherapeutic antidepressants at a rate never before seen in history--need liberating now more than ever. The truth is, feminists don't know what liberation is. They have led us into a very boring dead end. Eve in Exile sets aside all stereotypes of mid-century housewives, of China-doll femininity, of Victorians fainting, of women not allowed to think for themselves or talk to the men about anything interesting or important. It dismisses the pencil-skirted and stiletto-heeled executives of TV, the outspoken feminists freed from all that hinders them, the brave career women in charge of their own destinies. Once those fictionalized stereotypes are out of the way--whether they're things that make you gag or things you think look pretty fun--Christians can focus on real women. What did God make real women for?