Wollstonecraft by Alan M. S. J. Coffee - 9781509519071

WollstonecraftIndependent Woman\nAuthor(s): Alan M. S. J. Coffee\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9781509519071, 978-1509519071\nSynopsis\nFamous as the author ofA Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft was a wide-ranging and controversial moral and political philosopher. She engaged with many of the most polarising issues of her day: criticising social hierarchies, advocating for educational reform, analysing the French Revolution, and challenging mens political dominance.\n\nIn this illuminating introduction, Alan Coffee argues that the originality of Wollstonecrafts feminist arguments is best understood within the context of a systematic and comprehensive philosophical system built up from a set of simple theological and moral principles. An effective way to approach this is through the concept of freedom as independence. Drawing on all of Wollstonecrafts works, including her novels, reviews and.