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At last, as promised, a thread about the overall arguments of #GenderedMorality: Classical Islamic Ethics of the Self, Family, and Society (@ColumbiaUP, 2019). This book came about because of my interest in gender in Islam and Islamic ethics.
An expansive gender & feminist critical discussion of the akhlaq genre (philosophical ethics) didn't exist so I decided to write one. I examine 3 foundational classical akhlaq texts by al-Ghazali (yes, THAT Ghazali), Nasir ad-Din Tusi, and Jalal ad-Din Davani.
I analyze concepts of masculinity, femininity, marriage, and homosocial male relationships. I argue that even though the ethicists’ metaphysics had potential for radical equality, they sincerely believed that humanity was created on a hierarchical scale of rationality:
