Partisan virtue the politics of inclusion in eighteenth-century women's political thought Geertje J. Bol

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bol, Geertje J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astell, Mary, 1666-1731--Political and social views.

Astell, Mary.

Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791--Political and social views.

Macaulay, Catharine.

Women political activists--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Women political activists.

Women political activists--History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Politics of inclusion in eighteenth-century women's political thought

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press, 2026.

Oxford New York, NY Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

Historians of political thought interested in partisanship have long privileged the perspective of male canonical thinkers. Scholars have turned to Thucydides and Plato for insights on stasis, Aristotle on civic friendship, Machiavelli on tumults, and Hume Burke on political parties. Even political theorists who are concerned with contemporary theories of partisanship often turn to these 'usual suspects' to strengthen their non-historical arguments. Yet this narrow focus on canonical men has led scholars to neglect an important if counterintuitive perspective on partisanship which we find in the political thought of 18th-century women, for whom partisanship offered an unexpected but essential means to political inclusion. 'Partisan Virtue' focuses on two such women political thinkers from opposite ends of the political spectrum: the Tory conservative and early feminist Mary Astell and the historian and radical republican Catharine Macaulay

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 12, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780198989325

0198989326

9780198989332

0198989334

OCLC:

1592252305

Publisher Number:

CIPO000395203

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Restricted for use by site license