A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1700–1800

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Cambridge University Press, 4 déc. 2014
During the eighteenth century, elite women participated in the philosophical, scientific, and political controversies that resulted in the overthrow of monarchy, the reconceptualisation of marriage, and the emergence of modern, democratic institutions. In this comprehensive study, Karen Green outlines and discusses the ideas and arguments of these women, exploring the development of their distinctive and contrasting political positions, and their engagement with the works of political thinkers such as Hobbes, Locke, Mandeville and Rousseau. Her exploration ranges across Europe from England through France, Italy, Germany and Russia, and discusses thinkers including Mary Astell, Emilie Du Châtelet, Luise Kulmus-Gottsched and Elisabetta Caminer Turra. This study demonstrates the depth of women's contributions to eighteenth-century political debates, recovering their historical significance and deepening our understanding of this period in intellectual history. It will provide an essential resource for readers in political philosophy, political theory, intellectual history, and women's studies.
 

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Acknowledgements
Whig andTory women 3 From the marquise de Lambert to Françoise
Womens moral mission and the Bluestocking circle
from Octavie
from Catharine Macaulay
Anticipating and experiencing the revolution in France
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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À propos de l'auteur (2014)

Karen Green is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. She has published numerous articles and books, including The Woman of Reason: Feminism, Humanism and Political Thought (1995) and A History of Women's Political Thought in Europe, 1400–1700 (with Jacqueline Broad, Cambridge, 2009).

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