Women in the French Enlightenment

From Femme Savante to Mother of the Family

Anna Maria Marchini

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Feminism & feminist theory

Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History

"This volume deals with philosophical, scientific, and ideological images of women during the French Enlightenment, examining their emergence in the reflections of the philosophes, in Catholic morality, in biological and medical knowledge, in novels, in periodicals, and in the law.

Alongside the appeals for social and intellectual emancipation advanced by the femmes savantes, typical of the eighteenth-century salons, a new conception pertaining to women’s social role related to the affirmation of the bourgeoisie and of its model of the family took place. Codified in a more complex and organized way within the Rousseauian philosophy, this new conception spread in various cultural debates, gaining a real hegemony: women were meant to be excluded from any ""public"" space, devoid of cultural aspirations, and only devoted to satisfying the needs of the family.

The book adopts a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and synthetic approach and at the same time highlights the ""roots"" of some fundamental ways of considering women that are still active in present-day society. It also addresses researchers in the history of philosophy, sociology, literature, and gender studies, and readers with an interest in women’s issues."

By: Anna Maria Marchini
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 280g
ISBN: 9781032110714
ISBN 10: 1032110716
Series: Routledge Research in Gender and History
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Anna Maria Marchini obtained a degree and a specialization diploma in philosophy, with honors, from the University of Pavia. An experienced teacher of literary subjects in secondary schools, she works on the problem of women’s emancipation from historical and theoretical perspectives.