| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 153 pages) |
| Series |
Understanding feminist philosophy |
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Understanding feminist philosophy.
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| Contents |
Introduction : shaping a past -- The virtues of misogyny -- Descartes : man of reason -- John Locke and the state of nature -- Reworking the canon : Anne Conway -- Jean Jacques Rousseau and the noble savage -- David Hume : a friend from the past -- Feminist antinomies : Immanuel Kant -- Feminist critical theory after Kant -- Afterword : the weight of the past |
| Summary |
A feminist approach to the history of modern philosophy reveals new insights into the lives and works of major figures such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume, and is crucial to an appreciation of the advent of feminist philosophy. Feminism and Modern Philosophy introduces students to the main thinkers and themes of modern philosophy from different feminist perspectives, and highlights the role of gender in studying classic philosophical texts. This book shows how feminist theory has important contributions to make to the history of modern philosophy. This book is written in an accessible and lively style, and each chapter ends with a helpful annotated guide to further reading. It will be appropriate for philosophy as well as gender studies courses looking at the development of modern western thought |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy, Modern.
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Feminist theory.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
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Feminist theory
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Philosophy, Modern
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203646428 |
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9780203646427 |
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9780415266543 |
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0415266548 |
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9780415266550 |
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0415266556 |
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