A01=Jane Duran
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Anne Askew
Aphra Behn
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Aristotle
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Catholicism
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feminist history
guardian
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philosopher queens
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Product details
- ISBN 9781498541367
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 157 x 236mm
- Publication Date: 20 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Recent work on the Platonic notion of the Guardian has focused on the female Guardian, or “Philosopher Queen,” but mainly insofar as the idea is problematic. Okin, Saxonhouse, and others have tried to be more precise about the concepts involved—this work aims to use actual publications by British and continentally-trained women aristocrats of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to fill in the lacunae. It is concluded that these women were not only philosophical thinkers, but in some sense Guardians. Their overview encompassed notions of duty, care, and a concern of the development of the intellectual life that left a mark for future generations.
Jane Duran is lecturer in Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
