In this module, Dr Sylvana Tomaselli (St John’s College, Cambridge) explores Wollstonecraft’s place in the history of political thought, focusing in particular on: (i) changing attitudes towards Wollstonecraft as a political thinker over time; (ii) the problem with -isms; (iii) problems with characterising Wollstonecraft primarily as a “feminist”; (iv) that Wollstonecraft had liberal, feminist, and republican ideas, but characterised herself instead as a moralist and a philosopher; (v) Wollstonecraft as a thinker interested in human beings in general, not only women; (vi) the importance of physicality and the connection between mind and body to Wollstonecraft’s thought; (vii) Wollstonecraft’s view of human beings as naturally benevolent; (viii) the centrality of property to Wollstonecraft’s political ideas; (ix) the case for reading Wollstonecraft on her own terms.
This lecture is part of a larger course on Mary Wollstonecraft. The full course can be found here: massolit.io/courses/political...
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22 мар 2022
