“Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy” S:1 E:23 Feminism and Religion

S:1 E:23 Feminism and Religion The television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale offers a grim vision of a future in which religious fanaticism reshapes the US into a misogynist totalitarian state. Professor Johnson provides a brief overview of the meaning(s) and different stages of feminism in the 20th century and examines what the disenfranchisement of women says about the uses and abuses of power.