ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy is an outstanding reference source for the wide range of philosophical contributions made by women writing in Europe from about 1560 to 1780. It shows the range of genres and methods used by women writing in these centuries in Europe, thus encouraging an expanded understanding of our historical canon. Comprising 46 chapters by a team of contributors from all over the globe, including early career researchers, the Handbook is divided into the following sections:
I. Context
II. Themes
A. Metaphysics and Epistemology
B. Natural Philosophy
C. Moral Philosophy
D. Social-Political Philosophy
III. Figures
IV. State of the Field
The volume is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy who are interested in expanding their understanding of the richness of our philosophical past, including in order to offer expanded, more inclusive syllabi for their students. It is also a valuable resource for those in related fields like gender and women’s studies; history; literature; sociology; history and philosophy of science; and political science.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|45 pages
Context
part II|98 pages
Themes
part II|57 pages
Section B: Natural Philosophy
part II|67 pages
Section C: Moral Philosophy
chapter 18|14 pages
Managing Mockery
part II|97 pages
Section D: Social-Political Philosophy
chapter 22|14 pages
Slavery and Servitude in Seventeenth-Century Feminism
chapter 23|13 pages
Race and Gender in Early Modern Philosophy
chapter 24|13 pages
Early Modern European Women and the Philosophy of Education
part III|242 pages
Figures
chapter 28|15 pages
Italian Women Philosophers in the Sixteenth Century
chapter 37|13 pages
Damaris Masham and Catharine Trotter Cockburn
chapter 39|13 pages
The Real Consequences of Imaginary Things
part IV|10 pages
State of the Field