Catharine Macaulay's Republican Enlightenment

ISBN-13: 9780367498108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 266 str.

Karen Green

Opis

This comprehensive biography in the "life and letters" tradition situates Macaulay's works in their political and social context and offers an unprecedented, detailed account of the content and influence of her writing.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Formation of a Female Republican: Kent, 1731–60  2. Influences from the Scottish Enlightenment: St James’s Place, 1760–66  3. A Republican Coterie; Berners St, 1766–71  4. Wilkes, Fever, and Wilson: London and Bath, 1771–77  5. France, Marriage, and Scandal: 1777–79  6. Completion of the History and Emergence as a Moral Philosopher: Knightsbridge, 1780–84  7. America and France: 1784–86  8. On Education and the French Revolution: Binfield, Berkshire, 1787–91  9. Macaulay’s Lasting Significance

O autorze

Karen Green is Associate Lecturer and Principal Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. In 1995 she published The Woman of Reason: Feminism, Humanism and Political Thought; in 2009, with Jacqueline Broad, A History of Women’s Political Thought in Europe, 1400–1700; and in 2014, A History of Women’s Political Thought in Europe, 1700–1800. She is the editor of The Correspondence of Catharine Macaulay (2019) and author of many articles in philosophy, feminism, and political theory.