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From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews:
Particularly in the closing contributions of the editors, but also in the general framework of the book, the philosophy of Wollstonecraft is presented in the context of current discussions, from a feminist as well as from a general political perspective. The collection abandons the schemata of fruitless one-dimensional interpretations that position Wollstonecraft as either a proto-feminist or a rationalist misogynist. Her feminist ideas are embedded in a broader reflection that begins by retracing her sources back to the classics, and follows by positioning her thoughts with the republican ideas of natural laws, pointing to the relevance of her ideas in identifying questions about particular rights and duties in a socially and politically diverse society. From Hypatia Reviews Online:
Now, if it were possible to travel back in time to ask Wollstonecraft and Mill which is the "real" source for the appeal of human rights, and more specifically, to present them with our current menu of options and ask whether it is the protection of normative agency, or the pursuit of eudemonism, or the pull of a sentimental connection, or spiritual fulfillment, my sense is that their reply would be "yes!" What I mean to say--and in the spirit of the old joke, "Would you prefer chicken or fish? Yes, please!"--is that Botting's book gets us to see that Wollstonecraft's and Mill's works on (women's) human rights are rich tapestries that layer overlapping justifications and inspirations for human rights. |
The Wollstonecraftian Mind
Edited by Sandrine Berges, Eileen Hunt Botting, Alan Coffee.
In Preparation for Routledge
Edited by Sandrine Berges, Eileen Hunt Botting, Alan Coffee.
In Preparation for Routledge
There has been a rising interest in the study of Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) in philosophy, political theory, and the history of political thought in recent decades. Since the publication of Virginia Sapiro’s now classic book A Vindication of Political Virtue: The Political Theory of Mary Wollstonecraft(Chicago, 1992), we have seen a number of book-length studies of Wollstonecraft from various philosophical and political perspectives (Gunther-Canada 2001, Botting 2006, Taylor 2007, O’Neill 2007, Bergès 2013, Halldenius 2015, Botting 2016, Coffee 2017 forthcoming). This has been a welcome new trend in Wollstonecraft scholarship, which had previously been dominated by literary scholars and biographers, whose excellent and ground-breaking work tended to focus on Wollstonecraft’s texts and contexts, rather than analysis of her theories and arguments. Wollstonecraft had seen herself as a moral and political philosopher and it was time that scholarship treated her as such.
Contents
I. BACKGROUND
1. The Defence of Women – Karen Green
2. The Seventeenth Century – Jacqueline Broad
3. Social Contract Tradition – Natalie Taylor
4. Rational Dissent – Orianne Smith
5. Scottish Enlightenment – Daniel O’Neill
6. Revolutionary Period – Spiros Tegos
II. MAJOR WORKS
7. A Vindication of the Rights of Men– Sylvana Tomaselli
8. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman– Nancy Johnson
9. Educational works – Susan Laird
10. The novels – Elizabeth Dolan
11. Epistolary and historical writings – Ross Carroll
III. INTERLOCUTORS
12. Rousseau – Chris Brooke
13. Kant – Liane Carlson
14. Burke – Mary Fairclough
15. Macaulay – Alan Coffee
16. Godwin – Mark Philp
17. Austen – Madeline Cronin
18. Mott – Lisa Pace Vetter
19. Taylor – Helen McCabe
20. Mill – Eileen Hunt Botting
21. Woolf – Lyndall Gordon
22. Beauvoir – Lori Marso
IV. WOLLSTONECRAFTIAN PHILOSOPHY
23. Theology – Emily Dumler-Winckler
24. Epistemology – Isabelle Bour
25. Virtue – Virginia Sapiro
26. Reason, Imagination, Passion – Martina Reuter
27. Patriarchy and Social Power – Wendy Gunther-Canada
28. Masculinity – Ruth Abbey
29. Marriage, Love and Friendship – Nancy Kendrick
V. LEGACIES
30. Feminist Liberalism – Penny Weiss
31. Feminist Republicanism – Lena Halldenius
32. Democracy – Liz Frazer
33. Human Rights – Alexandre Lefebvre
34. Family – Laura Brace
35. Citizenship – Melanie White
36. Capabilities, Adaptive Preferences, and Education – Sandrine Bergès
37. Gender and Social Theory – Lorna Bracewell
38. Freedom – Nancy J. Hirschmann and Emily Regier
Contents
I. BACKGROUND
1. The Defence of Women – Karen Green
2. The Seventeenth Century – Jacqueline Broad
3. Social Contract Tradition – Natalie Taylor
4. Rational Dissent – Orianne Smith
5. Scottish Enlightenment – Daniel O’Neill
6. Revolutionary Period – Spiros Tegos
II. MAJOR WORKS
7. A Vindication of the Rights of Men– Sylvana Tomaselli
8. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman– Nancy Johnson
9. Educational works – Susan Laird
10. The novels – Elizabeth Dolan
11. Epistolary and historical writings – Ross Carroll
III. INTERLOCUTORS
12. Rousseau – Chris Brooke
13. Kant – Liane Carlson
14. Burke – Mary Fairclough
15. Macaulay – Alan Coffee
16. Godwin – Mark Philp
17. Austen – Madeline Cronin
18. Mott – Lisa Pace Vetter
19. Taylor – Helen McCabe
20. Mill – Eileen Hunt Botting
21. Woolf – Lyndall Gordon
22. Beauvoir – Lori Marso
IV. WOLLSTONECRAFTIAN PHILOSOPHY
23. Theology – Emily Dumler-Winckler
24. Epistemology – Isabelle Bour
25. Virtue – Virginia Sapiro
26. Reason, Imagination, Passion – Martina Reuter
27. Patriarchy and Social Power – Wendy Gunther-Canada
28. Masculinity – Ruth Abbey
29. Marriage, Love and Friendship – Nancy Kendrick
V. LEGACIES
30. Feminist Liberalism – Penny Weiss
31. Feminist Republicanism – Lena Halldenius
32. Democracy – Liz Frazer
33. Human Rights – Alexandre Lefebvre
34. Family – Laura Brace
35. Citizenship – Melanie White
36. Capabilities, Adaptive Preferences, and Education – Sandrine Bergès
37. Gender and Social Theory – Lorna Bracewell
38. Freedom – Nancy J. Hirschmann and Emily Regier
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