François Poulain de la Barre and the Invention of Modern Equality

by Siep Stuurman

In a tour de force of intellectual history, Siep Stuurman rediscovers the remarkable early Enlightenment figure Fran?ois Poulain de la Barre. A dropout from theology studies at the Sorbonne, Poulain embraced the philosophy of Descartes, became convinced of the injustice and absurdity of the subjection of women, and assembled an entirely original social philosophy. His writings challenging male supremacy and advocating gender and racial equality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674011856
• ISBN13: 9780674011854
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.7"