The equality of the sexes :: three feminist texts of the seventeenth century /

Desmond M. Clarke presents new translations of three of the first feminist tracts to support explicitly the equality of the sexes. The alleged inferiority of women's nature and the corresponding roles that women were (in)capable of exercising in society was debated in Western culture from the c...

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Weitere Verfasser: Clarke, Desmond M. (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Ausgabe:First edition.
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Zusammenfassung:Desmond M. Clarke presents new translations of three of the first feminist tracts to support explicitly the equality of the sexes. The alleged inferiority of women's nature and the corresponding roles that women were (in)capable of exercising in society was debated in Western culture from the civilization of ancient Greece to the establishment of early Christian churches. There had also been some proponents of women's superiority (in comparison with men) prior to the early modernperiod. In contrast with both of these claims, the seventeenth century witnessed the first publications that argued.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191654497
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