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A History of Women´s Political Thought in Europe, 1400–1700
Jacqueline Broad
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hardcover. A much-needed alternative to the standard male histories of political thought from the late medieval to early modern period. Num Pages: 346 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 686.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521888172
SKU
V9780521888172
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About Jacqueline Broad
Jacqueline Broad is an Honorary Research Associate in the School of Philosophy and Bioethics at Monash University. She is author of Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century (2002) and co-editor of Virtue, Liberty, and Toleration: Political Ideas of European Women, 1400–1800 (2007). Karen Green is Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy and Bioethics at Monash University. She is author ... Read more
Reviews for A History of Women´s Political Thought in Europe, 1400–1700
'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 ... Read more