Mary Wollstonecraft: The Other Face of the Enlightened Period
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2016-06-08
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Jaén: Universidad de Jaén
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[ES] En esta investigación queremos mostrar que el feminismo tiene su nacimiento en la Ilustración y que la que
podríamos denominar "Ilustración coherente" (la que reivindica los derechos de la mujer) jugó un papel
determinante en el surgimiento de las ideas feministas que finalmente florecerían a principios del siglo XX, ya que,
aunque en tiempos de la Revolución Francesa esto no se tradujera en un reconocimiento de los derechos de las
mujeres, sí que propició que autoras como Mary Wollstonecraft sentaran las bases para que, más adelante, los
movimientos feministas iniciaran los procesos de emancipación. De ahí que consideremos adecuado hablar de un
protc;>feminismo ilustrado como un pensamiento crítico-feminista de esta otra Ilustración que también existió.
Queremos sacar a la luz aquellas voces que la Ilustración no quiso iluminar.
[EN] In this dissertation we would like to show that feminism had sorne of its roots in the Enlightened Period<.and,that the so called 'coherent Enlightenment' (the one which vindicates for the rights of woman) played a decisive role in the emergence of the feminist ideas which would eventually thrive at the dawn of the twentieth century. Even though in the times of the French Revolution the call for freedom and equality did not translate into a full recognition of the rights of women, it did propitiate that authors such as Mary Wollstonecraft established the basis for future feminist movements, which would lead to a series of emancipation processes. Hence, we consider it suitable in this essay to examine what could be deemed an Enlightened protofeminism as a critical-feminist line of thought. Moreover, we will unveil this other side of the Enlightenment (empowered basically by women) which did also exist. lt will be our purpose to bring to light those voices that the Enlightened period rejected to illuminate.
[EN] In this dissertation we would like to show that feminism had sorne of its roots in the Enlightened Period<.and,that the so called 'coherent Enlightenment' (the one which vindicates for the rights of woman) played a decisive role in the emergence of the feminist ideas which would eventually thrive at the dawn of the twentieth century. Even though in the times of the French Revolution the call for freedom and equality did not translate into a full recognition of the rights of women, it did propitiate that authors such as Mary Wollstonecraft established the basis for future feminist movements, which would lead to a series of emancipation processes. Hence, we consider it suitable in this essay to examine what could be deemed an Enlightened protofeminism as a critical-feminist line of thought. Moreover, we will unveil this other side of the Enlightenment (empowered basically by women) which did also exist. lt will be our purpose to bring to light those voices that the Enlightened period rejected to illuminate.
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