18th century philosophy
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Alan Coffee
Alan M S J Coffee
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eighteenth century philosophy
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ethics
ethicsal theory
female philosopher
female philosophers
feminism
feminist
feminist political theory
feminist theory
gender
gender studies
history of philosophy
history of political thought
Independent Woman
intellectual history
Mary Wollstonecraft
Mary Wollstonecraft Independent Woman
moral philosophy
philosophy of women
political philosophy
political thought
sex and gender
social ethics
social philosophy
Wollstonecraft
women in European history
women in history
women philosopher
women philosophers
women's studies
women’s studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781509519088
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 May 2025
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Famous as the author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft was a wide-ranging and controversial moral and political philosopher. She engaged with many of the most polarising issues of her day: criticising social hierarchies, advocating for educational reform, analysing the French Revolution, and challenging men’s political dominance.
In this illuminating introduction, Alan Coffee argues that the originality of Wollstonecraft’s feminist arguments is best understood within the context of a systematic and comprehensive philosophical system built up from a set of ‘simple’ theological and moral principles. An effective way to approach this is through the concept of freedom as independence. Drawing on all of Wollstonecraft’s works, including her novels, reviews and letters, Coffee shows how the ideal of independence illuminates and unites many of her intellectual preoccupations and her contribution to contemporary debates, such as on the structural nature of social injustice and the republican notion of freedom as non-domination.
This gripping account of Wollstonecraft’s work sheds new light on one of the most important eighteenth-century thinkers.
In this illuminating introduction, Alan Coffee argues that the originality of Wollstonecraft’s feminist arguments is best understood within the context of a systematic and comprehensive philosophical system built up from a set of ‘simple’ theological and moral principles. An effective way to approach this is through the concept of freedom as independence. Drawing on all of Wollstonecraft’s works, including her novels, reviews and letters, Coffee shows how the ideal of independence illuminates and unites many of her intellectual preoccupations and her contribution to contemporary debates, such as on the structural nature of social injustice and the republican notion of freedom as non-domination.
This gripping account of Wollstonecraft’s work sheds new light on one of the most important eighteenth-century thinkers.
Alan M. S. J. Coffee lectures in social and political philosophy at King’s College London.
