A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Everyman's Library) - Softcover

Wollstonecraft, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0460876155 ISBN 13: 9780460876155

Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1995

Synopsis

This is Mary Wollstonecraft's most famous work. While she does not seek to undermine the family, she argues strongly for a woman's right to enter any sphere of activity she chooses, affirming a woman's right to fulfilment as a human and not merely as a sexual being. This was a view inevitably limited by the age in which she wrote, and this edition incorporates as appendices writings by contemporary philosophers such as Rousseau, Locke and Kant, thereby placing Wollstonecraft's thinking in context.

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Book Description

In this passionate reaction to Rousseau's pedagogical work Emile (1762) Wollstonecraft powerfully defends woman's ability to reason, given appropriate education. Her radical prescription was for girls to be educated alongside boys and to the same standard. Originally published in 1792, this is a foundational work of feminist political thought.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0460876155
• ISBN 13: 9780460876155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Tauchert Ashley