Feminist Interpretations of Mary Wollstonecraft

Author: Maria J. Falco
ISBN: 0271014938

Combining the liberalism of Locke and the &"civic humanism&" of Republicanism, Mary Wollstonecraft explored the need of women for coed and equal education with men, economic independence whether married or not, and representation as citizens in the halls of government. In doing so, she foreshadowed and surpassed her much better known successor, John Stuart Mill. Ten feminist scholars prominent in the fields of political philosophy, constitutional and international law, rhetoric, literature, and psychology argue here that Wollstonecraft, by reason of the scope and complexity of her thought, belongs in the &"canon&" of political philosophers along with Rousseau and Burke, her contemporaries, both of whom she strenuously engaged in political debate.These essays explore the many aspects of her thought that resound so tellingly to the modern woman, including her groundbreaking attempt to be completely self-sufficient. The final bibliographical essay outlines the changing interpretations of

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publish Date: 1996

Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory

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