Feminist Interp. Wollstonecraft-PR
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Falco, Maria J., PUBLISHER: Penn State University Press, ong>Essaysong> in honor of ong>theong> bicentennial of ong>theong> publication of Mary Wollsong>toong>necraft's A Vindication of ong>theong> Rights of Woman -- a revolutionary work that argued on behalf of ong>theong> political, economic, and social equality of women. Combining ong>theong> liberalism of Locke and ong>theong> "civic humanism" of Republicanism, Mary Wollsong>toong>necraft explored ong>theong> need of women for coed and equal education with men, economic independence wheong>theong>r married or not, and representation as citizens in ong>theong> halls of government. In doing so, she foreshadowed and surpassed her much better known successor, John Stuart Mill. Ten feminist scholars prominent in ong>theong> fields of political philosophy, constitutional and international law, rheong>toong>ric, literature, and psychology argue here that Wollsong>toong>necraft, by reason of ong>theong> scope and complexity of her thought, belongs in ong>theong> "canon" of political philosophers along with Rousseau and Burke, her contemporaries, both of whom she strenuously engaged in political debate. ong>Theong>se ong>essaysong> explore ong>theong> many aspects of her thought that resound so tellingly ong>toong> ong>theong> modern woman, including her ground-breaking attempt ong>toong> be completely self-sufficient. ong>Theong> final bibliographical essay outlines ong>theong> changing interpretations of Wollsong>toong>necraft's work over ong>theong> past two hundred years and evaluates her standing among political ong>theong>orists ong>toong>day.