Women, Politics and the Public Sphere

Ann Brooks

Published by Policy Press 2019

Women, Politics and the Public Sphere

Ann Brooks

https://doi.org/10.56687/9781447341130

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Women, Politics and the Public Sphere is a socio-historical analysis of the relationship between women, politics and the public sphere. It looks at the fault-lines established in the eighteenth century for later developments in social and political discourse and considers the implications for the political representation of women in the West and globally, highlighting how women public intellectuals now reflect much more social and cultural diversity. Covering the legacy of eighteenth-century intellectual groupings which were dominated by women such as members of the 'bluestocking circles' and other more radical intellectual and philosophical thinkers, the book focuses on women such as Catherine Macaulay and Mary Wollstonecraft. These individuals and groups which emerged in the eighteenth century established 'intellectual spaces' for the emergence of women public intellectuals in subsequent centuries. It also examines women public intellectuals in the US including Samantha Power, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Elizabeth Warren, Condoleezza Rice, Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg.

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
About the author Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
The gender politics of ‘bluestocking philosophy’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Gender and the politics of the public sphere Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
‘Uncompromising politics’: Mary Wollstonecraft and Catherine Macaulay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Women writers: setting the terms of the debate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
The role of social movements leading to the emergence of women public intellectuals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Contemporary women public intellectuals: the United States (1) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Contemporary women public intellectuals: the United States (2) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151

Language: English
Publisher: Policy Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224

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Published: April 24, 2019
ISBN: 9781447341130