Women and Men Political Theorists

Kristin Waters is Professor of Philosophy at Worcester State College and Resident Scholar at the Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center. She has published in the areas of social and political philosophy, feminist ethics and epistemology, and the history of ideas.

"This carefully crafted sourcebook makes available almost forgotten work in political philosophy by women and men authors from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries. Set in its historical and intellectual context with substantial introductions, the material reveals an exciting body of critical literature that contests modern liberal theory and demonstrates the need to rethink the canon of Western political theory." Alison Jaggar, University of Colorado "Kristin Waters' anthology is an egalitarian and inclusive conversation between political theorists of different races, times, and genders. Her thorough introductions to each of the participants and her insightfulinterpretive suggestions turn Women and Men Political Theorists into a unique text and an excellent addition to political theory." Bat-Ami Bar On, Binghamton University (SUNY)

• Acknowledgements viiIntroduction 1Part I sources of Political AuthorityIntroduction 51 The Second Treatise of Government 20John Locke2 A Serious Proposal to the Ladies/Some Reflections upon Marriage/An Impartial Enquiry into the Causes of Rebellion and Civil War/The Christian Religion 39Mary AstellPart II Enlightenment and Counter-EnlightenmentIntroduction 633 Discourse on the Origin of Inequality 73Jean-Jacques Rousseau4 A Vindication of the Rights of Women 94Mary WollstonecraftPart III Conservation or Revolution as the Path to Democratic ChangeIntroduction 1255 Reflections on the Revolution in France 131Edmund Burke6 A vindication of the Rights of Men 147Mary WollstonecraftPart IV Federalism and Anti-FederalismIntroduction 1717 The Federalist 178James Madison8 Observations on the New Constitution 192Mercy Otis WarrenPart V Thoughts on Minority Rights and Liberty – From Servitude to PrivilegeIntroduction 2059 Writings and Addresses 214Maria W. Stewart10 On Liberty 233John Stuart MillPart VI Abolitionism, Socialism, and FeminismIntroduction 24511 Writings and Addresses 261Frederick Douglass12 The Communist Manifesto 283Karl Marx13 Woman, Church and State 298Matilda Joslyn GagePart VII From Utilitarianism to Womanist TheoryIntroduction 31714 Utilitarianism 328John Stuart Mill15 A Voice from the South. By a Black Woman of the South 339Anna Julia CooperBibliography 357Index 363