{"product_id":"9789053563854","title":"Rise of Caring Power; Elizabeth Fry and Josephine Butler in Britain and the Netherlands","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThis original study discusses the role of women in developing and dispersing caring power and, vice-versa, the role of caring power in constituting 'women' as modern social subjects, processes which began around 1800. Based on the historian-\/philosopher Foucault's concept of pastoral power, \"caring power\" also takes into account the vital role played by gender. Both humanitarian and religious motives fostered the ideal of serving the well-being of individual 'others' and thereby the interest of society as a whole.\u003cp\u003eWith the rise of caring power, this book argues, women began to feel responsible for 'those of their own sex' and to organize themselves in all-female organizations. In the process they carved out new gender identities for themselves and the women in their care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors illustrate this profound historical change with the work of the reformers Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) and Josephine Butler (1828-1906) and trace their impact in Britain and the Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amsterdam University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49873985700080,"sku":"9789053563854","price":34.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789053563854","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}