1st Edition
Perspectives on Feminist Political Thought in European History From the Middle Ages to the Present
Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book puts the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in the broader contexts of their time. This intriguing collection of essays shows that feminism is not a varient of modern radical discourse but a mode of analysing the issues of authority, power and virtue that have been at the heart of European political thought from the middle ages.
Biography
Tjitske Akkerman is Assistant Professor in Politics at the University of Amsterdam. She has published on the history of the Dutch welfare state and the history of political thought., Siep Stuurman is Jean Monnet Chair of European Studies at Erasmus University, Rotterdam. He has widely published on the history of political thought, European and Dutch history, political philosophy and state formation.