{"product_id":"louise-dupins-work-on-women-selections-9780190090104","title":"Louise Dupin's Work on Women: Selections","description":"The eighteenth-century text \u003cem\u003eWork on Women\u003c\/em\u003e by Louise Dupin (also known as Madame Dupin, 1706-1799) is the French Enlightenment's most in-depth feminist analysis of inequality--and its most neglected one. Angela Hunter and Rebecca Wilkin here offer the first-ever edition of selected translations of Dupin's massive project, developed from manuscript drafts. Hunter and Wilkin provide helpful introductions to the four sections of \u003cem\u003eWork on Women \u003c\/em\u003e(Science, History and Religion, Law, and Education and Mores) which contextualize Dupin's arguments and explain the work's construction--including the role of her secretary, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDupin's central claim in \u003cem\u003eWork on Women\u003c\/em\u003e is that French jurists have gradually disenfranchised women through reductive interpretations of Roman law. As a result, modern marriage is founded on an abusive, illegitimate contract that enriches one party and impoverishes the other. This manifest injustice is enabled by the \"masculine vanity\" that aggrandizes men, diminishes women, and distorts all realms of knowledge. Dupin shows how the most reputable scientists incorporate old notions of women's weakness into new understandings of the body, while historians denigrate female rulers or erase them altogether. Even in everyday conversation, men assert their entitlement to social dominance through casual misogyny. Thus, although Dupin advocates for meaningful education for girls, she insists that the upbringing of boys must also be reformed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume fills an important gap in the history of feminist thought and will appeal to readers eager to hear new voices that challenge established narratives of intellectual history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Angela Hunter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford New Histories Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.17w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190090104","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43424236044425,"sku":"9780190090104","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_ec9d15a0-885c-451d-8326-f48f55d12ca3.jpg?v=1741078092","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/louise-dupins-work-on-women-selections-9780190090104","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}