Jane Duran

Queenly Philosophers (eBook, ePUB)

Renaissance Women Aristocrats as Platonic Guardians

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Recent work on the Platonic notion of the Guardian has focused on the female Guardian, or "Philosopher Queen," but mainly insofar as the idea is problematic. Okin, Saxonhouse, and others have tried to be more precise about the concepts involved-this work aims to use actual publications by British and continentally-trained women aristocrats of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to fill in the lacunae. It is concluded that these women were not only philosophical thinkers, but in some sense Guardians. Their overview encompassed notions of duty, care, and a concern of the development of the intellectual life that left a mark for future generations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498541374
• Artikelnr.: 49207263

Autorenporträt

Jane Duran is a lecturer in black studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: The Guardian Question
Chapter One: Philosopher Queens
PART TWO: Theology and Philosophy
Chapter Two: The 1500's as a Time of Change
Chapter Three: Mary Sidney Herbert, the Countess of Pembroke
Chapter Four: Katherine Parr, Queen Consort
Chapter Five: Elizabeth I
PART THREE: Science and Philosophy
Chapter Six: The 1600's and Intellectual Ferment
Chapter Seven: Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle
Chapter Eight: Aphra Behn and the Aristocratic Circle
PART FOUR: Commitments and Philosophers
Chapter Nine: The Aristocratic Guardians
Bibliography