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.
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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 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 College
--Eileen O'Neill, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Notre Dame Philosophical 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 College
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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, examining women's ideas about topics such as the basis of political authority, justifications of obedience and resistance, and concepts of liberty, toleration, sociability, equality and self-preservation.
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Christine de Pizan, Marguerite de Navarre, Margaret Cavendish, Elinor James, Mary Astell, The Heptameron, Collected Works, Cambridge University Press, Collected Letters, Madeleine de Scudéry, Laurae Ceretae, New York, Christine's Vision, Duchess of Newcastle, Cassandra Fedele, Worth of Women, William Cavendish, Laura Cereta, Lucrezia Marinella, Louise of Savoy, The Christian Religion, Queen Elizabeth, Women of the Italian Renaissance, Women of the English, Book of Peace Browse Sample Pages:
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Christine de Pizan, Marguerite de Navarre, Margaret Cavendish, Elinor James, Mary Astell, The Heptameron, Collected Works, Cambridge University Press, Collected Letters, Madeleine de Scudéry, Laurae Ceretae, New York, Christine's Vision, Duchess of Newcastle, Cassandra Fedele, Worth of Women, William Cavendish, Laura Cereta, Lucrezia Marinella, Louise of Savoy, The Christian Religion, Queen Elizabeth, Women of the Italian Renaissance, Women of the English, Book of Peace Browse Sample Pages:
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