The First English Feminist
Author | : Mary Astell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Mary Astell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Mary Astell |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2023-08-22 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 3368376845 |
Author | : Mary Astell |
Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2015-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0252097912 |
Published anonymously in 1700, Some Reflections upon Marriage lamented the inequities of the institution of marriage and reasoned against it with both traditional and innovative arguments. Mary Astell's tract, written in response to an infamous divorce case, forcefully argued against the grim but all-too-common prospect of a marriage of necessity to a man in search of power, money, or a trophy wife. Astell proposed education as the solution to women's second-class status, stating that knowledge alone could lead to a partnership based on friendship and respect. "Let us learn to pride ourselves in something more excellent than the invention of a fashion," she wrote, and her well-reasoned arguments soon won her a wide readership.
Author | : Alice Sowaal |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2016-05-02 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0271077581 |
Often referred to as a proto-feminist, early modern English philosopher and rhetorician Mary Astell was a pious supporter of monarchy who wrote about gender equality at a time when society tightly constrained female agency. This diverse collection of essays situates her ideas in feminist, historical, and philosophical contexts. Focusing on Astell’s work and thought, this book explores the degree to which she can be considered a “feminist” in light of her adherence to Cartesianism, Christian theology, and Tory politics. The contributors explore the philosophical underpinnings of Astell’s outspoken advocacy for the autonomy and education of women; examine the intricacies underlying her theories of power, community, and female resistance to unlawful authority; and reveal the similarities between her own philosophy of gender and sexual politics and feminist theorizing today. A broad-ranging look at one of the most important female writers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this volume will be especially valuable to students and scholars of feminist history and philosophy and the early modern era. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Kathleen A. Ahearn, Jacqueline Broad, Karen Detlefsen, Susan Paterson Glover, Marcy P. Lascano, Elisabeth Hedrick Moser, Christine Mason Sutherland, and Nancy Tuana.
Author | : Mary Astell |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521428453 |
First modern edition of three works by an important female political theorist.
Author | : Mary Astell |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 2021-02-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Some Reflections upon Marriage was published in 1700s. The book lamented the inequalities of the agency of marriage and all other concern in this regards concern. The following is a list of feminist literature, listed by year of first publication, then within the year alphabetically by title (using the English title rather than the foreign language title if available/applicable). Books and magazines are in italics, all other types of literature are not and are in quotation marks. References lead when possible to a link to the full text of the literature.
Author | : Margaret Walters |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2005-10-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019280510X |
This book provides an historical account of feminism, exploring its earliest roots and key issues such as voting rights and the liberation of the sixties. Margaret Walters brings the subject completely up to date by providing a global analysis of the situation of women, from Europe and the United States to Third World countries.
Author | : Patricia Springborg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2005-12-05 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781139447768 |
Philosopher, theologian, educational theorist, feminist and political pamphleteer, Mary Astell was an important figure in the history of ideas of the early modern period. Among the first systematic critics of John Locke's entire corpus, she is best known for the famous question which prefaces her Reflections on Marriage: 'If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?' She is claimed by modern Republican theorists and feminists alike but, as a Royalist High Church Tory, the peculiar constellation of her views sits uneasily with modern commentators. Patricia Springborg's study addresses these apparent paradoxes, recovering the historical and philosophical contexts to her thought. She shows that Astell was not alone in her views; rather, she was part of a cohort of early modern women philosophers who were important for the reception of Descartes and who grappled with the existential problems of a new age.