Rediscovering Women Philosophers : philosophical genre and the boundaries of philosophy / Catherine Villanueva Gardner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardner, Catherine Villanueva, author.

Series:

Feminist theory and politics.

Feminist theory and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women philosophers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 198 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

"Rediscovering Women Philosophers: Philosophical Genre and the Boundaries of Philosophy examines the writings of our philosophical foremothers and explores what their work may have to offer modern theorizing in feminist ethics. Gardner interprets a varied selection of moral philosophers in an attempt both to contribute to our understanding of their work and to investigate why such work is often neglected or misunderstood. She looks into the reasons such literary forms as novels, letters, and poetry have often been assigned non-philosophical status, while they seem to he prevalent in the work of women philosophers from the history of philosophy."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Catharine Macaulay's Letters on Education: What Constitutes a Philosophical System

Allegory and Moral Philosophy in Christine de Pisan's The Book of the City of Ladies

Mary Wollstonecraft and the Separation of Poetry and Politics

George Eliot and How to Read Novels as Philosophy

Knowing and Speaking of Divine Love: Mechthild of Magdeburg

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed January 06, 2023).

ISBN:

0-429-30408-0

1-000-23743-5

9780429304088

OCLC:

1105955922