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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Political Science
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Yiftah Elazar
Coordinator Office Hours:
Upon appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Yiftah Elazar
Course/Module description:
This class examines questions related to the rights and equality of women in public and private life through the work of the philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), who is regarded as one of the founders of feminism.
This class is based on close reading and critical discussion of classical texts of political philosophy. We will read Wollstonecraft's work A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), and examine her critique of the manner in which social norms and philosophical theories of her time support the subjection of women to men. We will also examine how her work engages with the ideas of other thinkers, including Robert Filmer, John Locke, Mary Astell, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Richard Price, and Edmund Burke.
While discussing the birth of feminism in the eighteenth century, we will discuss many other topics, including: the rights of human beings, women, and animals, freedom and enslavement, inequality and privilege, patriarchy, republicanism, enlightenment and conservatism, education, rationalism and sentimentalism.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Knowledge about the birth of feminism
Knowledge about the place of women in politics and in political thought
Knowledge about conceptions of citizenship, liberty, and gender
Knowledge about political thought in the age of enlightenment
Skills in reading and analyzing texts in the history of political thought
Attendance requirements(%):
none
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture and discussion. Students must carefully read the texts and participate in the discussion in the meeting
Course/Module Content:
List of topics:
Wollstonecraft and the birth of feminism
Patriarchy and the social contract
Enlightenment and revolution
Natural and artificial differences
The Rights of Woman
A revolution in female manners
The sovereignty of beauty and the worship of wealth
Love, sexuality, and family
National education and animal rights
The wrongs of woman
Wollstonecraft's feminist legacy
Required Reading:
Robert Filmer, Patriarcha
John Locke, The Second Treatise of Government
Mary Astell, Reflections upon Marriage
Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men
Rousseau, Emile, or On Education
Richard Price, A Discourse on the Love of Our Country
Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft, The Wrongs of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft, An Historical and Moral View of the Origin and Progress of the French Revolution
Additional Reading Material:
See detailed syllabus.
Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 100 %
Additional information:
Please see the detailed syllabus in the course website on Moodle. Details in the syllabus are subject to change during the semester.
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