Feminism and the Enlightenment

Pauline Johnson ~ RP 063 (Spring 1993) ~ Article

• Feminism and the Enlightenment Pauline Johnson The recent turn taken by feminist theory towards a critique of the spirit of humanism would have surprised de Beauvoir and the early delineators of the concerns of ‘second wave’ feminism. According to The Second Sex, feminism is an expression of humanism in a quite straightforward sense.! Indeed, […]

57 Reviews

David Archard, Jean-Jacques Lecercle, David Macey, Andrew Bowie, Terry Eagleton, Joseph McCarney, Peter Davies, Tom Furniss, Lawrence Wilde, Graham Pechey, Drew Milne, Karlis Racevskis, Joanna Hodge, Chris Arthur and Patricia Prior ~ RP 057 (Spring 1991) ~ Reviews

Andrew Collier, Socialist Reasoning: An Inquiry into the Political Philosophy of Scientific Socialism Maurice Cowling, Mill and Liberalism, Second Edition Milton Fisk, The State and Justice: An Essay in Political Theory Carol G. Gould, Rethinking Democracy: Freedom and social cooperation in politics, economy and society Will Kymlicka, Liberalism, Community and Culture Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred […]

Mary Wollstonecraft and the Tensions in Feminist Philosophy

Jean Grimshaw ~ RP 052 (Summer 1989) ~ Article

Mary Wollstonecraft and the Tensions in Feminist Philosophy Jean Grimshaw The history of the reception and interpretation of Mary Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a complex and fascinating one. 1 It was praised by many of her radical contemporaries, including Tom Paine and Mary’s husband, the radical anarchist philosopher and social theorist, […]