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Francois Poulain De La Barre and the Invention of Modern Equality
Siep Stuurman
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Description for Francois Poulain De La Barre and the Invention of Modern Equality
hardcover. In exploring Poulain's breakthrough in challenging male supremacy and advocating gender and racial equality, Stuurman sheds light on the origins of the Enlightenment, the history of feminism, the emergence of rational Christianity and the social and political implications of Descartes' philosophy. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: HPCD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
In a tour de force of intellectual history, Siep Stuurman rediscovers the remarkable early Enlightenment figure François Poulain de la Barre. A dropout from theology studies at the Sorbonne, Poulain embraced the philosophy of Descartes, became convinced of the injustice and absurdity of the subjection of women, and assembled an entirely original social philosophy. His writings challenging male supremacy and advocating gender and racial equality are the most radically egalitarian texts to appear in Europe before the French Revolution.
In exploring Poulain's breakthrough, Stuurman sheds new light on the origins of the Enlightenment, the history of feminism, the emergence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674011854
SKU
KSK0000411
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About Siep Stuurman
Siep Stuurman is Emeritus Professor of the History of Ideas at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
Reviews for Francois Poulain De La Barre and the Invention of Modern Equality
This is a brilliant work: vastly original, deeply learned, and urgently needed. For the first time it gives Poulain, little known until recent decades, the full treatment warranted by the philosophical breakthrough he effected. The writing is superb. Stuurman makes dense philosophical arguments accessible without oversimplifying, and has an unusually good sense of what the reader needs to be told ... Read more