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This book argues that Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill are the two primary architects of the modern theory of women’s rights as human rights. It only through addressing women’s rights, Botting argues, that the idea of human rights was given universal scope and application. Botting describes...
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oapen-20.500.12657-300492024-03-25T09:51:43Z Wollstonecraft, Mill, and Women's Human Rights Botting, Eileen Hunt Political Science women's studies politics history Feminism Human rights John Stuart Mill Liberalism Mary Wollstonecraft Patriarchy Utilitarianism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPV Political control and freedoms::JPVC Civics and citizenship This book argues that Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill are the two primary architects of the modern theory of women’s rights as human rights. It only through addressing women’s rights, Botting argues, that the idea of human rights was given universal scope and application. Botting describes the development of the idea of women’s human rights beginning with the work of Wollstonecraft and Mill, and gives an account of their reception in both western and nonwestern contexts. Her goal is to strip liberal feminism of its Eurocentric bias and offer the theory that remains as a resource for thinking about women’s human rights globally. 2018-05-18 23:55 2020-01-07 16:09:08 2020-04-01T12:43:31Z 2020-04-01T12:43:31Z 2016 book 650049 OCN: 945664542 9780300186161 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30049 eng application/pdf n/a 650049.pdf http://yalebooks.com/book/9780300186154/wollstonecraft-mill-and-womens-human-rights Yale University Press 10.26530/OAPEN_605025 103487 10.26530/OAPEN_605025 c659c18b-223e-46c9-952d-3e6aa9f19cc6 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780300186161 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 256 New Haven 103487 Round 2 605025 Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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This book argues that Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill are the two primary architects of the modern theory of women’s rights as human rights. It only through addressing women’s rights, Botting argues, that the idea of human rights was given universal scope and application. Botting describes the development of the idea of women’s human rights beginning with the work of Wollstonecraft and Mill, and gives an account of their reception in both western and nonwestern contexts. Her goal is to strip liberal feminism of its Eurocentric bias and offer the theory that remains as a resource for thinking about women’s human rights globally. |
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