{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-women-from-socrates-to-the-present-9781892986610","title":"The Philosophy of Women From Socrates to the Present","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat did the great philosophers really think about women?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom ancient Greece to modern thought, \u003cem\u003eThe Philosophy of Women\u003c\/em\u003e traces the intellectual roots of gender inequality in Western philosophy. Plato's guarded support of female guardians, Aristotle's blunt biological sexism, Kant's rigid moral roles, Schopenhauer's contempt-these were not fringe ideas. They were foundational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn clear, compelling prose, James W. Haddad exposes how some of history's greatest minds reinforced the idea that women were inferior, emotional, irrational, and destined for domesticity. Yet this is also a story of resistance. From Mary Wollstonecraft to Simone de Beauvoir, from bell hooks to Judith Butler, women have fought to reshape the philosophical world that excluded them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about \u003cem\u003efeminism\u003c\/em\u003e, but a book about \u003cem\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/em\u003e-its truths, its failures, and its long-overdue reckoning with the question of woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat did the great philosophers really think about women?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom ancient Greece to modern thought, \u003cem\u003eThe Philosophy of Women\u003c\/em\u003e traces the intellectual roots of gender inequality in Western philosophy. Plato's guarded support of female guardians, Aristotle's blunt biological sexism, Kant's rigid moral roles, Schopenhauer's contempt-these were not fringe ideas. They were foundational.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn clear, compelling prose, James W. Haddad exposes how some of history's greatest minds reinforced the idea that women were inferior, emotional, irrational, and destined for domesticity. Yet this is also a story of resistance. From Mary Wollstonecraft to Simone de Beauvoir, from bell hooks to Judith Butler, women have fought to reshape the philosophical world that excluded them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book about \u003cem\u003efeminism\u003c\/em\u003e, but a book about \u003cem\u003ephilosophy\u003c\/em\u003e-its truths, its failures, and its long-overdue reckoning with the question of woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James W. Haddad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Commonwealth Books Inc.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781892986610","brand":"Commonwealth Books Inc.,","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45463123525769,"sku":"9781892986610","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_fbec748d-7545-4a15-afde-2f1dacfbfbf9.jpg?v=1774997505","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-women-from-socrates-to-the-present-9781892986610","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}