| Description |
211 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Against Feminist Anti-humanism -- 2.Women of Virtu -- 3.Hobbes, Amazons and Sabine Women -- 4.Virtuous Women and the Citizen of Geneva -- 5.The Female Citizen -- 6.Socialism, Sex and Savage Society -- 7.Flight from the Other -- 8.Reason, Femininity, Love and Morality |
| Summary |
This text challenges the direction taken by much recent work in the field of feminist studies. It mounts a defence of humanism - a tradition of which many contemporary feminists have been sharply critical, as they saw reason as constructed by men and oppressing women |
| Analysis |
Feminism Related to Philosophy History |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-207) and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Feminism.
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Feminist theory.
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Humanism.
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Liberalism.
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Rationalism.
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| LC no. |
94024016 |
| ISBN |
0745614485 (hbk.) |
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0745614493 (paperback) |
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