TALKING POLITICS

History of Ideas: Wollstonecraft on Sexual Politics

Apr 28, 2020

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Hobbes and the Origins of Modern Political Thought

01:18

The Importance of Feeling in 18th Century Thought

01:20

Introduction

3min

The Double Legacy of Hobbes

3min

Wollstonecraft's Argument With Edmund Burke

3min

The Rights of Women

3min

The Unmarried Philosophy of Hobbes

3min

The Role of Reason in Politics

2min

The Hobbes Project

4min

The Role of Politics in Social Life

3min

The Division of Reason and Sentiment

4min

10.

The Moral Disaster of the Relationship Between Men and Women

2min

11.

The Relationship Between Men and Women

3min

12.

Wollstonecraft's Radical Critique of the Relationship Between Men and Women

3min

13.

The Importance of Women's Education

3min

14.

The Role of Women in the British State

2min

15.

Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

4min

16.

The Paradoxes of Modern Liberty

3min

Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) is one of the most remarkable books in the history of ideas. A classic of early feminism, it uses what’s wrong with the relationship between men and women to illustrate what’s gone wrong with politics. It’s a story of lust and power, education and revolution. David explores how Wollstonecraft’s radical challenge to the basic ideas of modern politics continues to resonate today.

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