Author: Alice Sowaal
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271077603
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 245
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Often referred to as a proto-feminist, early modern English philosopher and rhetorician Mary Astell was a pious supporter of monarchy who wrote about gender equality at a time when society tightly constrained female agency. This diverse collection of essays situates her ideas in feminist, historical, and philosophical contexts. Focusing on Astell’s work and thought, this book explores the degree to which she can be considered a “feminist” in light of her adherence to Cartesianism, Christian theology, and Tory politics. The contributors explore the philosophical underpinnings of Astell’s outspoken advocacy for the autonomy and education of women; examine the intricacies underlying her theories of power, community, and female resistance to unlawful authority; and reveal the similarities between her own philosophy of gender and sexual politics and feminist theorizing today. A broad-ranging look at one of the most important female writers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this volume will be especially valuable to students and scholars of feminist history and philosophy and the early modern era. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Kathleen A. Ahearn, Jacqueline Broad, Karen Detlefsen, Susan Paterson Glover, Marcy P. Lascano, Elisabeth Hedrick Moser, Christine Mason Sutherland, and Nancy Tuana.
Author: Mary Astell
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368376853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
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Author: Nancy J. Hirschmann
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271069104
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Feminist Interpretations of Thomas Hobbes features the work of feminist scholars who are centrally engaged with Hobbes’s ideas and texts and who view Hobbes as an important touchstone in modern political thought. Bringing together scholars from the disciplines of philosophy, history, political theory, and English literature who embrace diverse theoretical and philosophical approaches and a range of feminist perspectives, this interdisciplinary collection aims to appeal to an audience of Hobbes scholars and nonspecialists alike. As a theorist whose trademark is a compelling argument for absolute sovereignty, Hobbes may seem initially to have little to offer twenty-first-century feminist thought. Yet, as the contributors to this collection demonstrate, Hobbesian political thought provides fertile ground for feminist inquiry. Indeed, in engaging Hobbes, feminist theory engages with what is perhaps the clearest and most influential articulation of the foundational concepts and ideas associated with modernity: freedom, equality, human nature, authority, consent, coercion, political obligation, and citizenship. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Joanne Boucher, Karen Detlefsen, Karen Green, Wendy Gunther-Canada, Jane S. Jaquette, S. A. Lloyd, Su Fang Ng, Carole Pateman, Gordon Schochet, Quentin Skinner, and Susanne Sreedhar.
Author: Jacqueline Broad
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198716818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Jacqueline Broad presents a new account of the philosophy of Mary Astell (1666-1731), which situates Astell's feminist, political, and religious views in the context of her wider philosophical vision. She argues that at the heart of Astell's thought lies a theory of virtue which emphasises generosity of character, benevolence, and moderation.
Author: Mary Astell
Publisher:
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Category : Conduct of life
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Author: Patricia Springborg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139447768
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Philosopher, theologian, educational theorist, feminist and political pamphleteer, Mary Astell was an important figure in the history of ideas of the early modern period. Among the first systematic critics of John Locke's entire corpus, she is best known for the famous question which prefaces her Reflections on Marriage: 'If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?' She is claimed by modern Republican theorists and feminists alike but, as a Royalist High Church Tory, the peculiar constellation of her views sits uneasily with modern commentators. Patricia Springborg's study addresses these apparent paradoxes, recovering the historical and philosophical contexts to her thought. She shows that Astell was not alone in her views; rather, she was part of a cohort of early modern women philosophers who were important for the reception of Descartes and who grappled with the existential problems of a new age.
Author: Mary Astell
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780312292324
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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Author: Penny A. Weiss
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271035196
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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A discussion of women thinkers in political philosophy, and the nature of political inquiry --Provided by publisher.
Author: Jane Duran
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252030222
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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This work traces the themes of standard philosophical theorising and feminist thought across eight women philosophers in the Western tradition: Hildegard of Bingen, Anne Conway, Mary Astell, Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Taylor Mill, Edith Stein, Simone Weil and Simone de Beauvoir.
Author: Maria J. Falco
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 9780271040288
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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