Wollstonecraft av Sylvana Tomaselli

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<p><b>A compelling portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft that shows the intimate connections between her life and work</b><br><br>Mary Wollstonecraft¿s <i>A Vindication of the Rights of Woman</i>, first published in 1792, is a work of enduring relevance in women''s rights advocacy. However, as Sylvana Tomaselli shows, a full understanding of Wollstonecraft¿s thought is possible only through a more comprehensive appreciation of Wollstonecraft herself, as a philosopher and moralist who deftly tackled major social and political issues and the arguments of such figures as Edmund Burke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Adam Smith. Reading Wollstonecraft through the lens of the politics and culture of her own time, this book restores her to her rightful place as a major eighteenth-century thinker, reminding us why her work still resonates today.<br><br>The book¿s format echoes one that Wollstonecraft favored in <i>Thoughts on the Education of Daughters</i>: short essays paired with concise headings. Und