Mothers and independent citizens: making sense of Wollstonecraft's supposed essentialism

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dc.citation.epage284en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.spage259en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber42en_US
dc.contributor.authorBerges, S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T12:04:23Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T12:04:23Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_US
dc.description.abstractMary Wollstonecraft argues that women must be independent citizens, but that they cannot be that unless they fulfill certain duties as mothers. This is problematic in a number of ways, as argued by Laura Brace in a 2000 article. However, I argue that if we understand Wollstonecraft's concept of independence in a republican, rather than a liberal context, and at the same time pay close attention to her discussion of motherhood, a feminist reading of Wollstonecraft is not only possible but enriching. I will attempt to show, in particular, that the seeds of a feminist argument for co-parenting are to be found in the Vindication of the Rights of Woman.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/05568641.2013.854025en_US
dc.identifier.issn0556-8641
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/13029
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherUniSA Pressen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2013.854025en_US
dc.source.titlePhilosophical Papersen_US
dc.subjectWollstonecraften_US
dc.subjectIndependent citizensen_US
dc.subjectMothersen_US
dc.titleMothers and independent citizens: making sense of Wollstonecraft's supposed essentialismen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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