| Women Philosophers of the Seventeenth Century Contributor(s): Broad, Jacqueline (Author) |
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ISBN: 052181295X ISBN-13: 9780521812955 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: Explores women's responses to Cartesian philosophy and its intellectual legacy in England and Europe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 190.820 |
| LCCN: 2002067376 |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jacqueline Broad explores the writings of such women philosophers as Margaret Cavendish, Anne Conway, Mary Astell and Catherine Trotter Cockburn. Broad demonstrates their relevance to current feminist scholarship. Her book is an accessible study of thinkers whose importance to the history of philosophy is increasingly recognized. |
Contributor Bio(s): Broad, Jacqueline: - Jacqueline Broad is a Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Philosophy and Bioethics at Monash University, Melbourne. She has published on women's philosophy in the Dictionary of Literary Biography volume on British Philosophers, and the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. |