This book tells the stories of notable historical figures who, by
resisting patriarchal laws condemning adultery, gay and lesbian sex,
and sex across the boundaries of religion and race, brought about
lasting social and political change. Constitutional scholar David A.
J. Richards investigates the lives of leading transgressive artists,
social critics, and activists including George Eliot, Benjamin
Britten, Christopher Isherwood, Bayard Rustin, James Baldwin, Eleanor
Roosevelt, and Margaret Mead. Richards shows how ethical empowerment,
motivated by love, allowed these figures to resist the injustices of
anti-Semitism, racism, sexism, and homophobia, leading to the
constitutional condemnation of these political evils in the United
States, Britain, and beyond. Love and law thus grow together, and this
book shows how and why. Drawing from developmental psychology
(including studies of trauma), political theory, the history of social
movements, literature, biography, and law, this book will be a
thought-provoking tool for anyone interested in civil rights.
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ISBN
9781316472156
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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