Feminism and modern philosophy : an introduction /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nye, Andrea, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:Understanding feminist philosophy.
Subjects:
Philosophy, Modern.
Feminist theory.
Théorie féministe.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
Feminist theory
Philosophy, Modern
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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