Patriarchal moments : : reading patriarchal texts / / edited by Cesare Cuttica and Gaby Mahlberg.

• Superior document: Textual moments in the history of political thought
• TeilnehmendeR: Cuttica, Cesare,; Mahlberg, Gaby,
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York, NY : : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc.,, [2015]
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Textual moments in the history of political thought.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1474237983; 1472589173
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Cesare Cuttica and Gaby Mahlberg.

"Patriarchalism is omnipresent in Western culture and it pervades the texts that have shaped this culture. From the creation story in the Bible to the ancient authors, from the Church fathers to the treatises of Enlightenment philosophers, right up to modern fiction, male authority over women, children and other dependents has shaped the nature of human relationships and the discourses about these relationships. This collection of short essays offers fresh and novel readings of key texts in the history of patriarchalism as a concept of power. The texts selected are from political, religious and literary works and together the readings add new insights to a tradition that has never gone uncontested, yet is unlikely to disappear soon."--Bloomsbury Publishing.