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Empowerment and interconnectivity : toward a feminist history of utilitarian philosophy / Catherine Villanueva Gardner.
LIBRA HQ1191.U6 G37 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gardner, Catherine Villanueva.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminist theory--United States--History--19th century.
- Feminist theory.
- Feminist theory--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Utilitarianism--United States--History--19th century.
- Utilitarianism.
- Utilitarianism--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878.
- Beecher, Catharine Esther.
- Wright, Frances, 1795-1852.
- Wright, Frances.
- Wheeler, Anna, approximately 1785-1848.
- Wheeler, Anna.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 215 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Examines the work of three nineteenth-century utilitarian feminist philosophers: Catharine Beecher, Frances Wright, and Anna Doyle Wheeler. Focuses on methodological questions in order to recover their philosophy and categorize it as feminist"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : empowerment and interconnectivity
- Wheeler and Thompson : the appeal and the problem of empowerment
- Catharine Beecher and writing philosophy for women
- Frances Wright : interconnectivity and synthesis
- Tea and sympathy with John Stuart Mill
- Conclusion and next steps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271058146
- 0271058145
- OCLC:
- 807767828
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