Equality of the Sexes - Three Feminist Texts of the Seventeenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Desmond M Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the National University of Ireland, Cork. He was awarded a D.Litt from the National University of Ireland, was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute and a Fulbright Scholar, and is a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He is the author of a number of books on seventeenth-century philosophy, and has also translated texts of the same period from Latin and French, including Descartes and Louis de la Forge. Klappentext 0 Zusammenfassung The seventeenth century witnessed the first publications that argued for the equality of men and women. Desmond M. Clarke presents new translations of the three most important ones, with excerpts from the authors' related writings, together with an extensive introduction to the religious and philosophical context within which they argued. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Note on the Texts and Translations Introduction Marie le Jars de Gournay The Equality of Men and Women The Ladies' Complaint Anna Maria van Schurman A Dissertation on the Natural Capacity of Women for Study and Learning Excerpts from other writings Correspondence Eukleria François Poulain de la Barre A Physical and Moral Discourse concerning the Equality of Both Sexes Excerpts from The Education of Ladies Further Reading Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Clarke, Desmond M. Clarke, Desmond M. (National University of Ireland Clarke, Clarke Desmond M.
• Mitarbeit: Desmond M. Clarke (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 12.09.2013
• EAN: 9780199673506
• ISBN: 978-0-19-967350-6
• Seiten: 236
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Feminism & feminist theory, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Feminism and feminist theory