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The Devil's gateway' (Tertullian); 'Big children their whole life long' (Schopenhauer); 'The misbegotten male' (Aquinas). Such understandings of women are shocking, not least because they come from the great minds responsible for the formation of the western intellectual tradition. In this collection, the roots of philosophical misogyny are explored and exposed. At times disturbing, at times funny, this anthology comprises a variety of texts. Lesser-known authors such as Otto Weininger and Oswald Spengler are placed alongside well-known pieces from Plato, The Malleus Maleficarum , Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. As such, this is an important addition to the collection of those interested in exploring the relationship between women and society, women and the academy.
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction: A Fling with the Philosophers
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The Greeks
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The Church Fathers
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Early Modern Philosophers
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The Enlightenment
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Misogyny in the Modern Age
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Editors and Affiliations
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BEVERLEY CLACK is Senior Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at Roehampton Institute, London.
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Book Title: Misogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition
Book Subtitle: A Reader
Editors: Beverley Clack
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230212800
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-63423-3Due: 27 May 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-63424-0Published: 27 May 1999
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-21280-0Published: 27 May 1999
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Philosophy, Gender Studies