History 2132A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Transcendentalism, New-York Tribune, Harriet Beecher Stowe
25 Mar 2017
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Ideology: works in such a way to produce knowledge that maintains a relation in power. Truth or knowledge does not exist outside power relations. Po(cid:449)er deter(cid:373)i(cid:374)es the (cid:272)riteria (cid:271)y (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h (cid:449)e de(cid:272)ide (cid:449)hat"s true a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat"s false. Societies constituted by ideologies and belief systems. Thought men and women were variations of one sex. Men were the more developed of the two. Men and women essentially the same thing. The difference was the matter of degree (one more perfected) Produced a culture where men were seen as superior. What is the natural relation between men and women? (18th/19th century) Women should have different roles in society. Scientific doctrine of sensibility: emotionally more fragile than men therefore, need more protection. The cult of domesticity of the cult of true womanhood. Women begin to see it as their job to intervene in public policy. Women and the temperance movement: a social movement against the consumption of alcohol.
