Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)
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- Synopsis
- Originally published in 1529, the Declamation on the Preeminence and Nobility of the Female Sex argues that women are more than equal to men in all things that really matter, including the public spheres from which they had long been excluded. Rather than directly refuting prevailing wisdom, Agrippa uses women's superiority as a rhetorical device and overturns the misogynistic interpretations of the female body in Greek medicine, in the Bible, in Roman and canon law, in theology and moral philosophy, and in politics. He raised the question of why women were excluded and provided answers based not on sex but on social conditioning, education, and the prejudices of their more powerful oppressors. His declamation, disseminated through the printing press, illustrated the power of that new medium, soon to be used to generate a larger reformation of religion.
- Copyright:
- 1996
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 142 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780226010601
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780226010588, 9780226010595
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- Date of Addition:
- 10/30/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Philosophy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Albert Rabil Jr.
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