The unsexed mind and psychological androgyny, 1790-1848 : radicalism, reform and gender in England / Victoria F. Russell.
Russell, Victoria F., author.
2021
HQ1075.5.G7
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Title The unsexed mind and psychological androgyny, 1790-1848 : radicalism, reform and gender in England / Victoria F. Russell.
Author Russell, Victoria F., author.
ISBN 9783030881160 (electronic bk.)
3030881164 (electronic bk.)
9783030881153
3030881156
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88116-0
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-88116-0 doi
Call Number HQ1075.5.G7
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.3094109034
Summary This book seeks to redefine the radical debate on gender in England between the 1790s and 1840s, examining the little-studied concept of psychological androgyny or the unsexed mind. Perceived often as a literary and aesthetic motif popular in Romantic poetry, this book examines the revival and use of this egalitarian concept on the radical margins of Protestant non-conformism. Inspired by an ethos of perfectibility, a close-knit community of writers, educationalists, ministers, and scientists, called for a revolution in the human mind. German-led advances in science pointed not to essential sexed differences but to naturally occurring androgynies, encouraging renewed interest in ancient mythical and biblical tales of androgyny. New practices were introduced into private homes and classrooms. Gender-neutral curriculums and texts books, mixed-sex classrooms, the promotion of androgynous domesticity and the rejection of female vows of obedience, were just a few practices designed to undermine arbitrary and discriminatory cultures of patriarchy. Victoria F. Russell is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at Keele University, UK.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Series Genders and sexualities in history.
Available in Other Form Unsexed mind and psychological androgyny, 1790-1848.
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Chapter 1. Psychological Androgyny - Uncovering a Radical Concept
Chapter 2. Androgyny: Reception and Evolution of a Concept
Chapter 3. German Interdisciplinary Learning and the English Concept of Androgyny
Chapter 4. Education: Cultivating the Androgynous Mind
Chapter 5. Androgyny: The Marriage of Equals
Chapter 6. Political Reform and the Decline of Androgyny
Chapter 7. Conclusion.

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