The Roots of Patriarchy

A Legal and Genealogical Approach
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-83449-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 246 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

By combining legal and genealogical methodologies, this book describes the origin, decline, resurgence and metamorphosis of patriarchy in the West. The book provides the reader with a unified tool for understanding what patriarchy is, its dynamics, and its main features. The reader will find a guide with which to navigate the dozens of definitions and theories of patriarchy, and will better understand why, despite the proclamations of formal Constitutions of the equality of the sexes, the gender gap in the West is still high. Approaching patriarchy both as a concept and as a social fact, the book shows how patriarchy lay at the Jewish-Greek-Roman roots of Western civilization; how for millennia it was perceived as a benevolent function for social and political life and how feminism reversed this benevolent narrative. By reconstructing how patriarchy has been theorized in several disciplines and historical times, the book reflects on what has been done and remains to be done to de-patriarchalize the West. It will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers and students in Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, Constitutional Law, Cultural Studies, Religious Studies and Anthropology.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ruggiu, Ilenia

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.  Introduction. Part I: From benevolence to oppression 1. The foundation of Western civilization  2. Patriarchy radicalizes  3. Intersections and Critiques Part II: Decline and Metamorphosis 4. Post-Patriarchy?  5. Comparing patriarchies  6. Ending patriarchy  Conclusion.  Appendix I: Definitions  Appendix II: Qualifiers

Über Autor(innen)

Ilenia Ruggiu is Professor of Constitutional Law at the Department of Law, University of Cagliari, Italy.