{"title":"Per Faxneld","description":"\u003cp\u003ePer Faxneld explores the intersections of religion, spirituality, and cultural movements with a distinctive scholarly perspective. His work delves into themes such as alternative belief systems and the social dynamics of esoteric traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful analyses that challenge conventional views on spirituality, often highlighting underrepresented narratives within religious studies. Notably, \u003cem\u003eSatanic Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies his approach to examining how spiritual ideas intersect with feminism and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"satanic-feminism-by-per-faxneld-9780190664473","title":"Satanic Feminism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to the Bible, Eve was the first to heed Satan's advice to eat the forbidden fruit, and thus responsible for all of humanity's subsequent miseries. The notion of woman as the Devil's accomplice is prominent throughout Christian history and has been used to legitimise the subordination of wives and daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the nineteenth century, rebellious females performed counter-readings of this misogynist tradition. Lucifer was reconceptualised as a feminist liberator of womankind, and Eve became a heroine. In these reimaginings, Satan is an ally in the struggle against a tyrannical patriarchy supported by God the Father and his male priests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePer Faxneld shows how this Satanic feminism was expressed in a wide variety of nineteenth-century literary texts, autobiographies, pamphlets, newspaper articles, paintings, sculptures, and even artefacts of consumer culture like jewellery. He details how colourful figures like the suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton, gender-bending Theosophist H. P. Blavatsky, author Aino Kallas, actress Sarah Bernhardt, anti-clerical witch enthusiast Matilda Joslyn Gage, decadent marchioness Luisa Casati, and the Luciferian lesbian poetess Renée Vivien embraced these reimaginings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy exploring the connections between esotericism, literature, art and the political realm, \u003cem\u003eSatanic Feminism\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on neglected aspects of the intellectual history of feminism, Satanism, and revisionary mythmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47557318410476,"sku":"9780190664473","price":192.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780190664473-satanic-feminism.jpg?v=1776902466"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/per-faxneld.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}