Mary Astell: Theorist of Freedom from DominationPhilosopher, theologian, educational theorist, feminist and political pamphleteer, Mary Astell was an important figure in the history of ideas of the early modern period. Among the first systematic critics of John Locke's entire corpus, she is best known for the famous question which prefaces her Reflections on Marriage: 'If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?' She is claimed by modern Republican theorists and feminists alike but, as a Royalist High Church Tory, the peculiar constellation of her views sits uneasily with modern commentators. Patricia Springborg's study addresses these apparent paradoxes, recovering the historical and philosophical contexts to her thought. She shows that Astell was not alone in her views; rather, she was part of a cohort of early modern women philosophers who were important for the reception of Descartes and who grappled with the existential problems of a new age. |
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... Critique of Locke's Psychology and Politics 87 90 96 102 107 111 8. Astell's Critique of Locke on Thinking Matter 3 Astell on Marriage , Patriarchalism and Contractarianism 113 1. The Marriage Contract - Social Contract Analogue 113 2 ...
... Critique of Locke's Psychology and Politics 87 90 96 102 107 111 8. Astell's Critique of Locke on Thinking Matter 3 Astell on Marriage , Patriarchalism and Contractarianism 113 1. The Marriage Contract - Social Contract Analogue 113 2 ...
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... critique of Locke's epistemology , this aspect of her work is also treated . Among contemporary advocates of female education , Judith Drake , whose Essay was until recently credited to Astell and catalogued in Locke's library along ...
... critique of Locke's epistemology , this aspect of her work is also treated . Among contemporary advocates of female education , Judith Drake , whose Essay was until recently credited to Astell and catalogued in Locke's library along ...
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... critique of Locke and his incipient liberalism , based on the distinction between the public and private realms . Astell's bitter protests in her pamphlets of 1704 that her arguments are unfairly cred- ited to the High Flyers , High ...
... critique of Locke and his incipient liberalism , based on the distinction between the public and private realms . Astell's bitter protests in her pamphlets of 1704 that her arguments are unfairly cred- ited to the High Flyers , High ...
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... critique of the condition of women , flagged by her famous rhetorical question . But her feminism is seen to sit uneasily with her Anglican High Church and Tory views , and the critical literature rarely does justice to the ...
... critique of the condition of women , flagged by her famous rhetorical question . But her feminism is seen to sit uneasily with her Anglican High Church and Tory views , and the critical literature rarely does justice to the ...
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... critiques of his entire corpus , the second seems to be the more con- tentious . While taken for granted by some writers and further expanded upon by others , it has been summarily dismissed by yet others again . My most critical reader ...
... critiques of his entire corpus , the second seems to be the more con- tentious . While taken for granted by some writers and further expanded upon by others , it has been summarily dismissed by yet others again . My most critical reader ...
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