Divine feminine :: theosophy and feminism in England /
Divine Feminine is the first full-length study of the relationship between alternative or esoteric spirituality and the feminist movement in England. Historian Joy Dixon examines the Theosophical Society's claims that women and the East were the repositories of spiritual forces which English me...
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Schriftenreihe: | Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ;
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Zusammenfassung: | Divine Feminine is the first full-length study of the relationship between alternative or esoteric spirituality and the feminist movement in England. Historian Joy Dixon examines the Theosophical Society's claims that women and the East were the repositories of spiritual forces which English men had forfeited in their scramble for material and imperial power. Theosophists produced arguments that became key tools in many feminist campaigns. Many women of the Theosophical Society became suffragists to promote the spiritualizing of politics, attempting to create a political role for women as a way to "sacralize the public sphere." Dixon also shows that theosophy provides much of the framework and the vocabulary for today's New Age movement. Many of the assumptions about class, race, and gender which marked the emergence of esoteric religions at the end of the nineteenth century continue to shape alternative spiritualities today |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xix, 293 pages) : illustrations |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and index. |
ISBN: | 0801875307 9780801875304 0801864992 9780801864995 |
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spelling | Dixon, Joy, 1962- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjK3rfPMRFgvB8ygyBTHBX http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00087709 Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / Joy Dixon. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2001] ©2001 1 online resource (xix, 293 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier data file Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 119th series, I Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-283) and index. Print version record. The undomesticated occult -- The mahatmas in clubland: manliness and scientific spirituality -- "A deficiency of the male element": gendering spiritual experience -- "Buggery and humbuggery": sex, magic, and occult authority -- Occult body politics -- The divine hermaphrodite and the female messiah: feminism and sprirituality in the 1890s -- A new age for women: suffrage and the sacred -- Ancient wisdom, modern motherhood. Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Divine Feminine is the first full-length study of the relationship between alternative or esoteric spirituality and the feminist movement in England. Historian Joy Dixon examines the Theosophical Society's claims that women and the East were the repositories of spiritual forces which English men had forfeited in their scramble for material and imperial power. Theosophists produced arguments that became key tools in many feminist campaigns. Many women of the Theosophical Society became suffragists to promote the spiritualizing of politics, attempting to create a political role for women as a way to "sacralize the public sphere." Dixon also shows that theosophy provides much of the framework and the vocabulary for today's New Age movement. Many of the assumptions about class, race, and gender which marked the emergence of esoteric religions at the end of the nineteenth century continue to shape alternative spiritualities today English. Theosophical Society (Great Britain) History. Theosophical Society (Great Britain) Theosophical Society (Great Britain) fast Theosophical Society (Grande-Bretagne) rasuqam Feminism Religious aspects Theosophical Society (Great Britain) History of doctrines. Feminism England History. Féminisme Angleterre Histoire. RELIGION Theosophy. bisacsh Feminism fast England fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpYDdYvBpjXV6WpybK68C Theosofie. gtt Feminisme. gtt Histoire. rasuqam Féminisme. rasuqam Mouvement féministe. rasuqam Spiritualité rasuqam Théosophie. rasuqam Angleterre. rasuqam Humaniora Religionsvidenskab. History fast has work: Divine feminine (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFXwRxB3RYjmfhTWM7QFVd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Dixon, Joy, 1962- Divine feminine. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001 0801864992 (DLC) 00009881 (OCoLC)44467351 Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; 119th ser., 1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42703159 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=75642 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Dixon, Joy, 1962- Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; The undomesticated occult -- The mahatmas in clubland: manliness and scientific spirituality -- "A deficiency of the male element": gendering spiritual experience -- "Buggery and humbuggery": sex, magic, and occult authority -- Occult body politics -- The divine hermaphrodite and the female messiah: feminism and sprirituality in the 1890s -- A new age for women: suffrage and the sacred -- Ancient wisdom, modern motherhood. Theosophical Society (Great Britain) History. Theosophical Society (Great Britain) Theosophical Society (Great Britain) fast Theosophical Society (Grande-Bretagne) rasuqam Feminism Religious aspects Theosophical Society (Great Britain) History of doctrines. Feminism England History. Féminisme Angleterre Histoire. RELIGION Theosophy. bisacsh Feminism fast Theosofie. gtt Feminisme. gtt Histoire. rasuqam Féminisme. rasuqam Mouvement féministe. rasuqam Spiritualité rasuqam Théosophie. rasuqam |
title | Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / |
title_auth | Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / |
title_exact_search | Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / |
title_full | Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / Joy Dixon. |
title_fullStr | Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / Joy Dixon. |
title_full_unstemmed | Divine feminine : theosophy and feminism in England / Joy Dixon. |
title_short | Divine feminine : |
title_sort | divine feminine theosophy and feminism in england |
title_sub | theosophy and feminism in England / |
topic | Theosophical Society (Great Britain) History. Theosophical Society (Great Britain) Theosophical Society (Great Britain) fast Theosophical Society (Grande-Bretagne) rasuqam Feminism Religious aspects Theosophical Society (Great Britain) History of doctrines. Feminism England History. Féminisme Angleterre Histoire. RELIGION Theosophy. bisacsh Feminism fast Theosofie. gtt Feminisme. gtt Histoire. rasuqam Féminisme. rasuqam Mouvement féministe. rasuqam Spiritualité rasuqam Théosophie. rasuqam |
topic_facet | Theosophical Society (Great Britain) History. Theosophical Society (Great Britain) Theosophical Society (Grande-Bretagne) Feminism Religious aspects Theosophical Society (Great Britain) History of doctrines. Feminism England History. Féminisme Angleterre Histoire. RELIGION Theosophy. Feminism England Theosofie. Feminisme. Histoire. Féminisme. Mouvement féministe. Spiritualité Théosophie. Angleterre. History |
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