Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century

Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Broad is a Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Philosophy and Bioethics at Monash University, Melbourne. She has published on women's philosophy in the Dictionary of Literary Biography volume on British Philosophers, and the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. Klappentext Explores women's responses to Cartesian philosophy and its intellectual legacy in England and Europe. Zusammenfassung In this rich and detailed study of early modern women's thought! Jacqueline Broad explores the complexity of women's responses to Cartesian philosophy and its intellectual legacy in England and Europe. She examines the work of thinkers such as Mary Astell! Elisabeth of Bohemia! Margaret Cavendish! Anne Conway and Damaris Masham. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Elisabeth of Bohemia; 2. Margaret Cavendish; 3. Anne Conway; 4. Mary Astell; 5. Damaris Masham; 6. Catherine Trotter Cockburn; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Broad, Jacqueline (Monash University Broad, Broad Jacqueline
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2003
• EAN: 9780521812955
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81295-5
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Social History, Literature: history & criticism, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Literature: history and criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Gender Identity