Mary Wollstonecraft's Social and Aesthetic Philosophy: An Eve to Please Me

Bahar, S.

Mary Wollstonecraft's Social and Aesthetic Philosophy examines attempts to revise representations of women to give them a more active role in public life. Combining history of ideas with close textual reading to position her in relation to other eighteenth century writers this book demonstrates how she is directly engaged in re-thinking key concepts in moral aesthetic and social philosophy, particularly where women are concerned. Bahar insists that Wollstonecraft's political claims cannot be separated from her desire to develop more convincing aesthetic representations of women.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2002-02-07

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333973905

DOI: 10.1057/9781403907035

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 220