Misogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition: A Reader TEC009150 Author: Akiko Yosano

Author: Akiko Yosano

ISBN-13: 9780300099034

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Misogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition: A Reader TEC009150 Author: Akiko YosanoThe Devil's gateway' (Tertullian); 'Big children their whole life long' (Schopenhauer); 'The misbegotten male' (Aquinas). Such understandings of women are shocking, not least because they come from the great minds responsible for the formation of the western intellectual tradition. In this collection, the roots of philosophical misogyny are explored and exposed. At times disturbing, at times funny, this anthology comprises a variety of texts. Lesser