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A history of women's political thought in Europe,
1400-1700
Jacqueline Broad and Karen Green
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
ISBN: 9780521888172
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Book description
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
writers are also shown to be indebted to the ancient idea of political
virtue, and to be acutely aware of being part of a long tradition of female
political commentary. This work will be of tremendous interest to political
philosophers, historians of ideas, and feminist scholars alike.
About the author
Jacqueline Broad is an honorary research associate and Karen
Green is Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy and
Bioethics at Monash University.
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