‘Doing good by wholesale’: women, gender, and politics in the family network of Thomas Fowell Buxton

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Gleadle
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Gender And Politics ◽  
Family Network ◽  
The Public ◽  
Collaborative Authorship ◽  
Political Experience ◽  
Gendered Space ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Identities ◽  
The Public Sphere

This chapter focuses on a family network and considers how the various sites of political engagement — the ‘public’ sphere, the parochial realm, and the family — functioned together in the construction of subjectivities and political experience. It examines the conceptualization of female influence, the gendered complexities of collaborative authorship, the construction of corporate family identities, the problematic position of women within the civic sphere (as compared to the parochial sphere), and the significance of gendered space for the constitution of female political subjectivity. Since the publication of Clare Midgley's acclaimed study of female anti-slavery activism, the involvement of women in the campaign to liberate slaves in Britain's colonial territories has become a firmly established feature of our understanding of nineteenth-century political culture. This chapter analyses the family network involved in one particular anti-slavery organization: the Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade and the Civilization of Africa (African Civilization Society), whose founder and leading light, Thomas Fowell Buxton, presented the famous ladies' anti-slavery petition to parliament in 1833.

Misguided Ancients

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Kathleen Wellman
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Religious Right ◽  
Family Values ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Moral Arguments ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Political Right

Although the ancient Greeks and Romans have long been appreciated as foundations for Western civilization, for these textbooks, the Greeks’ philosophy, gods, and immorality tar them as godless humanists. Nonetheless, the Greeks and the Romans allow these curricula to introduce several key social, political, and moral arguments. They assess whether ancient civilizations implemented the “family values” of the political right as it emerged in the 1970s. Thus the Greeks were commendable in excluding women from the public sphere and the Romans for their strong patriarchal families. But Rome fell when it failed to maintain family values. These textbooks disparage the Romans to downplay their influence on the American founding. Furthermore, the rise of Islam reveals the presence of Satan in the world. These curricula’s repudiation of the classical tradition reflects not only contemporary concerns of the religious right but also American anti-intellectualism.

scholarly journals PANDANGAN NINIK MAMAK TERHADAP RELASI GENDER DI DESA PULAU JAMBU KECAMATAN KUOK

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fitrah Herlinda
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Or Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Data Collection Methods ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Collection Methods

This paper aims to describe the view of NinikMamak about gender relations in the island village of Jambu sub district Kuok. Forms of this research is descriptive qualitative and data collection methods is indepth interviews. The results showed that the views of NinikMamak against women who play a role in the public sphere is not contrary to the customs and culture because there is no fixed rule in tradition about what work is done and is not appropriate for women and men. However, women can not be leaving responsibilities as wives and mothers even though women are the backbone of the family. In general shift among the view of NinikMamak is encouraging, but in substantive, views NinikMamak still experienced gender bias. It is suggested to governments and organizations engaged in gender to further improve socialization or education on gender equality among Ninik Mamak that their understanding of the problems of women do not experienced gender bias.

scholarly journals Role of Career Women in Families: (Study of the Existence of Career Women in Families in Balunijuk Village)

Society ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Herdiyanti Herdiyanti
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Collective Agreement ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Career Women ◽  
The Public ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Career Woman

The existence of women over the time in transition or shift from traditional to modern. The role of the woman who used to be adopted only capable of working in the domestic realm, but this time she is able to develop itself in the public sphere. This raises the existence of variants of interest, between the domestic and the public sphere. This study used a qualitative research method with case study approach. The theory used in this research is by using the concept of rational choice of James Coleman. The purpose of this research is to describe the existence of a career woman in the family. These results indicate that the existence of career women in the public sphere in the family recognized for their collective agreement concluded between career women with families. Mainly deal agreed with her husband and children. But the deal does not diminish the responsibility of working women in the domestic sphere. Career woman in the village Balunijuk not neglect its role as a housewife and also as a career woman. Role between domestic and public balanced and collaborate.

scholarly journals Tafsir Pendidikan Perempuan Menurut Qasim Amin

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-253
Author(s):  
Elya Munfarida
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Women's Education ◽  
The State ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Public ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
The Family ◽  
Moral Qualities ◽  
The Public Sphere

The encounter between Arab Islam and colonialism and modernity resulted in a revival of Arab Islamic intellectuals with an orientation to reinterpret the Islamic tradition. Qasim Amin as one of the Nahdah figures tries to reinterpret Islamic teachings and traditions, especially those related to women, by accommodating modern ideas and culture. Based on his criticism of the reality of the restriction and subordination of women in the public sphere, Amin tries to reinterpret women's education in Egypt by re-exploring the texts of the Koran and hadiths that talk about women's rights and obligations, the interpretations of the scholars of the two texts, the values ​​and basic principles of Islamic shari'ah that underlie Islamic legislation, as well as sociological theories and liberal feminist thinking. According to Amin, women's education is very significant with three interests, namely society in the form of participation in various fields in the public sphere, the family in the form of the ability to be able to better protect their children, and the state in the form of producing offspring with good intellectual and moral qualities that have an impact on the progress of the country. The realm of education that must be accessed by women includes intellectual, moral, and physical education.

Status of Women in Turkey: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 485-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çigdem Kagitçbasi
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Institutional Reforms ◽  
General Picture ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Status Of Women

The status of women in Turkey may be examined from several perspectives. One perspective might focus on the public sphere and take into account the legal, political, and institutional reforms of hte Republican era and their reflection in the increasing literacy rates, educational attainment, political participation, labor force participation, and professionalization of women in Turkey. A second perspective might focus on the private sphere, mainly the family, and consider family dynamics and interaction patterns as well as the place of the woman in the family. This paper will adopt the second perspective. Before taking it up in detail, however, it may be helpful to consider briefly the general picture of the public sphere. This should provide us with necessary backgorund and help put our findings into context.

Producers and Reproducers

2018 ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Florence E. Babb
Keyword(s):  
Women Workers ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gender Division Of Labor ◽  
The Family ◽  
Market Women ◽  
The Public Sphere

Since the florescence of research on women in society, the gender division of labor has been viewed as a key to understanding women’s socioeconomic position. By the mid-1970s, the view held sway that women’s cross-cultural subordination could be explained by their universal or near-universal attachment to the domestic sphere of activity, while men enjoyed the higher prestige of the public sphere. A flurry of studies appeared, documenting the unequal and undervalued role of women in the family and household. By calling attention to the previously “invisible” activities carried out daily by women, analysts undertook to transform the androcentric social sciences. This chapter suggests that while the production/reproduction framework moved us forward to important new lines of inquiry, taking these conceptual categories as unproblematic may result in some confusion. The author considers the case of market women in Andean Peru to illustrate what she views as the strengths of the concepts discussed here, as well as some shortcomings, for an examination of these Latin American women workers.

The Public Sphere

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 607-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Eder
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Self ◽  
Social Bond ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Do So

The article situates the issue of the public sphere as a phenomenon that is historically bound and culturally specific. According to this point of view, the Western practices and the Western way of thinking about the public sphere appear as a historically particular way of dealing with the more general phenomenon which is the creation of a social bond beyond the family. Looking at the self-contradictory effects of the ‘modern’ Western public sphere, the question is asked whether the public association of self-interested or self-governing individuals might have to be theorized as a partial and insufficient solution to the social bond. A comparative perspective shows that it is not individuals but cultural forms that link people in the public sphere. They do so by providing a narrative basis of discourses and/or markets that in the self-understanding of modernity shape social life.

scholarly journals Gender Equality in the Inheritance Debate in Tunisia and the Formation of Non-Authoritarian Reasoning

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 207-232
Author(s):  
Sari Hanafi ◽  
Azzam Tomeh
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Practical Reasoning ◽  
Public Deliberation ◽  
Common Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Gendered Division Of Labor ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Public Sphere

Abstract This article discusses the debate on gender-equal inheritance in Tunisia. In it, Maeve Cooke’s conception of authoritarian versus non-authoritarian practical reasoning is applied to see whether binaries, like religious versus secular, are existent in the public debate on equal inheritance in Tunisia. The mapping of the debate shows the existence of three sets of arguments: jurisprudential/textual, sociological, and legal. Proponents of equal inheritance base their arguments primarily on legal, then sociological, then textual grounds, whereas law opponents base their arguments on textual, then legal, then sociological grounds. The weakness of the sociological arguments of law opponents is evident when stating that a gendered division of labor within the family still exists without providing statistics or empirical evidence to back up that claim. Through shared categories and grounds, the discussions in Tunisia share a common language in the public sphere, allowing for the reduction of authoritarian tendencies and longstanding polarization through public deliberation.

scholarly journals Mengurai Batasan Aurat Wanita dalam Keluarga Perspektif Hukum Islam

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 366
Author(s):  
Ipandang Ipandang
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Family ◽  
Muslim Men ◽  
The Public Sphere

This paper aims to parse the boundaries of women's genitals in the family from Islamic law, but what is used as a framework for this analysis is M. Quraish Shihab's thoughts. In the Islamic Shari'at, it is obligatory for Muslim men and women to wear clothes that cover their genitals and are polite. The scholars agreed on the obligation to cover the genitals, however, it is different about the limits of the genitals of Muslim women. At this time, male lust arises regardless of clothes, it could be that Muslim women who wear syar'i clothes can be targeted. If Muslim women have closed their genitals, men have to lower their gaze. This paper is devoted to discussing the limits of aurat Muslim women in the family and the public as well as discussions regarding it. From the analysis that has been carried out, Muslim women in the family do not need a veil or veil with a non-mahram, it is only specific to Ummul Mu'minin. Whereas in the public sphere it is recommended to wear the headscarf for philosophical, security, and economic reasons. From the Quraish, there are three limitations to the hijab, namely, philosophical, security, and economic and that is following maqashid shari'ah.

scholarly journals Rulers agains writers, writers against rules : the failed promise of the public sphere in postcolonial Nigerian fiction

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayo Kehinde
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Authority ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Jürgen Habermas ◽  
Liminal Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Nigerian Literature

Various literary critics have dwelt on the nature, tenets and trends of commitment in Nigerian literature. However, there is paucity of studies on the imaginative narration of the impediments facing the actualization of the public sphere in postcolonial Nigeria. This paper examines the strategies and techniques of representing the failed promise of the public sphere in postcolonial Nigerian fiction, using the examples provided by Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the Savannah, Ben Okri’s The Famished Road and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus. The methodology involves a close reading of the selected texts, using Jurgen Habermas’ Public Sphere as analytical concept. In the selected novels, Nigeria is depicted as a country where the rulers disallow the existence of the ‘public sphere’, which is supposed to provide a liminal space among the private realms of civil society and the family, as well as the sphere of public authority. This is disclosed in the refusal of the characters, who typify the rulers, to disregard status altogether.

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