A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1400–1700
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- Jacqueline Broad, Monash University, Victoria
- Karen Green, Monash University, Victoria
- Date Published: November 2014
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107437210
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This ground-breaking book surveys the history of women's political thought in Europe from the late medieval period to the early modern era. The authors examine women's ideas about topics such as the basis of political authority, the best form of political organisation, justifications of obedience and resistance, and concepts of liberty, toleration, sociability, equality, and self-preservation. Women's ideas concerning relations between the sexes are discussed in tandem with their broader political outlooks; and the authors demonstrate that the development of a distinctively sexual politics is reflected in women's critiques of marriage, the double standard, and women's exclusion from government. Women writers are also shown to be indebted to the ancient idea of political virtue, and to be acutely aware of being part of a long tradition of female political commentary. This work will be of tremendous interest to political philosophers, historians of ideas, and feminist scholars alike.
Read more- Provides quotations and translations from key primary works by female political thinkers such as Christine de Pizan, Marguerite de Navarre, Elizabeth I, Lucrezia Marinella and Mary Astell
- Includes an extensive and comprehensive bibliography of women's works to facilitate further research
- A unique resource for those wanting to include women's ideas in courses on the history of political theory
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"... This book is important as much for its historical breadth, meticulous attention to scholarly detail, and subtle interpretation of texts, as for the power of philosophical imagination fueling the ambitious, pioneering project. It is a groundbreaking work insofar as it has opened up a new way of approaching the history of European political philosophy -- one that places gender politics and the voices of women center stage."
--Eileen O'Neill, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsSee more reviews"The authors studiously resist the temptation to impose contemporary political concepts on the work of the women under study, even while they recognize certain similarities between eras in terms of language or the structure of particular arguments...It is difficult to imagine subsequent scholars doing serious work on this topic without this book nearby."
Canadian Journal of Political Science Frank Vander Valk, State University of New York, Empire State CollegeCustomer reviews
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- Date Published: November 2014
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107437210
- length: 348 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.47kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Christine de Pizan
2. Women of the Italian Renaissance
3. From Anne de Beaujeu to Marguerite de Navarre
4. Queen Elizabeth I of England
5. From the Reformation to Marie le Jars de Gournay
6. Women of the English Civil War era
7. Quaker women
8. The Fronde and Madeleine de Scudéry
9. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
10. Women of the Glorious Revolution
11. Women of late seventeenth-century France
12. Mary Astell
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.
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