Canon Fodder : : Historical Women Political Thinkers / / Penny A. Weiss.

This book is an exercise in the recovery of historical memory about a set of thinkers who have been forgotten or purposely ignored and, as a result, never made it into the canon of Western political philosophy. Penny Weiss calls them “canon fodder,” recalling the fate of soldiers in war who are trea...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2015]
©2009
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Search and Recover
  • PART 1 Rethinking political theory
  • 1 The Politics of the Canon: Gatekeepers and Gate-Crashers
  • 2 The Politics of Ignorance: Christine de Pizan
  • 3 The Politics of Form: Sei Shōnagon
  • PART 2 Doing political theory
  • 4 Community: Mary Wollstonecraft and Anna Julia Cooper
  • 5 Revolution: Declaration of Sentiments at Seneca Falls
  • 6 Childhood: Emma Goldman
  • 7 Power: Mary Astell
  • 8 Equality: Quilted Voices
  • References
  • Index