Household Politics

Conflict in Early Modern England

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, British
Cover of the book Household Politics by Don Herzog, Yale University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Don Herzog ISBN: 9780300195170
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Don Herzog
ISBN: 9780300195170
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: April 16, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
Early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women. In Household Politics, Don Herzog argues that these sources were blather—not that they were irrelevant, but that plenty of people rolled their eyes at them. Indeed many held that a man had to be an idiot or a buffoon to try to act on their hoary “wisdom.� Households didn’t bask serenely in naturalized or essentialized patriarchy. Instead, husbands, wives, and servants struggled endlessly over authority. Nor did some insidiously gendered public/private distinction make the political subordination of women invisible. Conflict, Herzog argues, doesn't corrode social order: it's what social order usually consists in. He uses the argument to impeach conservatives and their radical critics for sharing confused alternatives. The social world Herzog brings vibrantly alive is much richer—and much pricklier—than many imagine.
Early modern English canonical sources and sermons often urge the subordination of women. In Household Politics, Don Herzog argues that these sources were blather—not that they were irrelevant, but that plenty of people rolled their eyes at them. Indeed many held that a man had to be an idiot or a buffoon to try to act on their hoary “wisdom.� Households didn’t bask serenely in naturalized or essentialized patriarchy. Instead, husbands, wives, and servants struggled endlessly over authority. Nor did some insidiously gendered public/private distinction make the political subordination of women invisible. Conflict, Herzog argues, doesn't corrode social order: it's what social order usually consists in. He uses the argument to impeach conservatives and their radical critics for sharing confused alternatives. The social world Herzog brings vibrantly alive is much richer—and much pricklier—than many imagine.

More books from Yale University Press

Cover of the book The Writings of Abraham Lincoln by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Christ?s Churches Purely Reformed by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Old English Literature by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Hemlock by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Lives of the Novelists by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Scorched Earth by Don Herzog
Cover of the book War and the World by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Indigenous Visions by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Diary, 1901-1969 by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Asian America by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Information and Exclusion by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958 by Don Herzog
Cover of the book High and Dry by Don Herzog
Cover of the book The South China Sea by Don Herzog
Cover of the book Surge by Don Herzog
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy