Nothing Sacred
Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror
Betsy Reed(Editor)
Da Capo Press Inc
Published on 17. December 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
350 pages
978-1-56025-450-8 (ISBN)
Description
Long before the Bush administration had heard of the Taliban and their scorched earth policy toward women, feminists were alert to the threat to women's freedom posed by religious fundamentalism, in Afghanistan and throughout the world. Nothing Sacred is a unique collection of feminist writings from America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia on religious fundamentalism and women's oppressionbefore and after September 11. Is secularism a necessary condition for women's liberation? How has religious fundamentalism contributed to discriminationand violenceagainst women, both in Muslim countries and the West? Contributors reflect on the rise and fall of the Taliban and the contentious debate among feminists about the U. S. -led war on terrorism. Nothing Sacred also confronts and challenges the simplistic "clash-of-civilizations" thesis advanced by Samuel Huntington and his disciples, developing a more nuanced and compelling analysis of the culture war that continues to pit religious conservatives against advocates of women's empowerment and human rights not only in Afghanistan but everywhere.
The volume includes a variety of perspectives and views, and ultimately advances a new, internationalist feminism. Contributors include Arundhati Roy, Barbara Ehrenreich, Karen Armstrong, Gloria Steinem, Eve Ensler, Susan Sontag, Ellen Willis, and Laura Flanders.
The volume includes a variety of perspectives and views, and ultimately advances a new, internationalist feminism. Contributors include Arundhati Roy, Barbara Ehrenreich, Karen Armstrong, Gloria Steinem, Eve Ensler, Susan Sontag, Ellen Willis, and Laura Flanders.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-56025-450-8 (9781560254508)
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