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"I think many people would find it a useful resource, both in terms of information on particular philosophers and as a point of inspiration for designing courses that incorporate the work of women philosophers.... I expect I will refer individual students to this book as a resource for their own work and I will consult it in designing future courses." — Teaching Philosophy
"With intelligence and agility, the writers [present] female thinkers who influenced the famous (male) philosophers of their respective ages. This should become a standard text in both philosophy and women's studies classes and will have great appeal to lay readers as well. Highly recommended." — Library Journal
This study of women philosophers from the Middle Ages to the 20th century covers a wide spectrum of ideas — from religion, to evolution, to political theory. This unique volume brings creative women thinkers into mainstream discussions of the history of philosophy. Contributors examine the work of, among others, Hildegard of Bingen, Vicountess Conway, Sor Juana, Mary Wollstonecraft, Hannah Arendt, Angela Davis, and Hypatia herself.
| Introduction | ||
| A Christian Martyr in Reverse: Hypatia: 370-415 A.D. | 1 | |
| Finding Bits and Pieces of Hypatia | 4 | |
| Hildegard of Bingen: A New Twelfth-Century Woman Philosopher? | 16 | |
| A Woman's Thought or a Man's Discipline?: The Letters of Abelard and Heloise | 25 | |
| Christine de Pisan and Thomas Hobbes | 48 | |
| Polity and Prudence: The Ethics of Elisabeth, Princess Palatine | 68 | |
| Anne Viscountess Conway: A Seventeenth-Century Rationalist | 92 | |
| Sor Juana's Feminism: From Aristotle to Irigaray | 108 | |
| Damaris Cudworth Masham: A Seventeenth-Century Feminist Philosopher | 128 | |
| Some Aspects of the Philosophical Work of Catharine Trotter | 139 | |
| Now Foolish Then Wise: Belle van Zuylen's Game with Sexual Identity | 165 | |
| Reason and Sensibility: The Ideal of Women's Self-Governance in the Writings of Mary Wollstonecraft | 181 | |
| Anna Doyle Wheeler (1785-1848): Philosopher, Socialist, Feminist | 204 | |
| "The Lot of Gifted Ladies Is Hard": A Study of Harriet Taylor Mill Criticism | 215 | |
| Evolutionary Theory in the Social Philosophy of Charlotte Perkins Gilman | 248 | |
| Edith Stein's Philosophy of Woman and of Women's Education | 267 | |
| Hannah Arendt, Feminism, and the Politics of Alterity: "What Will We Lose If We Win?" | 280 | |
| Notorious Philosopher: The Transformative Life and Work of Angela Davis | 301 | |
| Contributors | 327 | |
| Index | 331 |
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"I think many people would find it a useful resource, both in terms of information on particular philosophers and as a point of inspiration for designing courses that incorporate the work of women philosophers.... I expect I will refer individual students to this book as a resource for their own work and I will consult it in designing future courses." — Teaching Philosophy
"With intelligence and agility, the writers [present] female thinkers who influenced the famous (male) philosophers of their respective ages. This should become a standard text ...