| Description |
1 online resource |
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Oxford new histories of philosophy |
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Oxford new histories of philosophy.
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| Contents |
Series editors' foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on selection and translation -- Reader's orientation -- Chronology : Timeline of Dupin's life -- Introduction to the volume -- Part I. Science. Article 1. Observations on the equality of the sexes and on their difference ; Article 2. On generation ; Article 3. On temperament ; Article 4. On strength ; Article 5. Animal and plant analogies -- Part II. History and religion. Article 12. Foreword on history ; Article 13. On ancient history ; Article 18. On Turkey and Persia ; Article 20. Other countries ; Article 21. On the history of France ; Article 8. On the discipline of the Church ; Article 10. On the state of the monastic orders since the Council of Trent -- Part III. Law. Article 27. Foreword on laws ; Article 28. On Salic law, considered as a law ; Article 29. On different forms of Roman marriage, on the property rights that married women enjoyed, and on marriage today ; Article 30. On the power of husbands; on the prerogatives that the law grants -- and could grant -- to married women ; Article 32. On adultery and its punishment ; Article 36. On tutorships and testimony ; Chapter 37. On rape -- Part IV. Education and mores. [Article 22]. Foreword on mores ; Article 23. On education ; Article 39. The effects of education on morals ; Article 40. Further reflections on education ; Article 42. Education in marriage ; Article 45. On the spirit of general conversation ; Article 46. Observations on the spirit of theater -- Appendices. Appendix A. Work on Women articles and manuscript pieces ; Appendix B. Anicet Sénéchal's inventory and ordering of manuscript -- Bibliography of selected secondary sources -- Index |
| Summary |
Work on Women is the French Enlightenment's most in-depth feminist analysis of inequality--and its most neglected one. In it, Louise Dupin, also known as Madame Dupin (1706-1799), reveals the sexist bias ("masculine vanity") that informs the knowledge and institutions that shape women's lives and argues that the subjection of women is a modern phenomenon, based on an illegitimate, abusive marriage contract. This is the first-ever edition of selected translations of Dupin's massive project, developed from manuscript drafts. Robust introductions to the text contextualize Dupin's working method |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 07, 2023) |
| Subject |
Feminism -- Early works to 1800
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Feminism
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Society & culture: general.
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Society.
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hunter, Angela, editor, translator
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Wilkin, Rebecca May. editor. translator.
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| ISBN |
019009012X |
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9780190090111 |
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0190090111 |
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9780190090135 |
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0190090138 |
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9780190090128 |
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