Penny A Wei
Biographic Data
| ID | 4391762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Penny A Wei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Penny A |
| FAMILY NAME | Wei |
| SIGNATURE | WEI P A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3095-6591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mary Astell's Female Retirement
Mary Astell's female retreat is a political project, dedicated to the full self-realization of students in a world that diminishes them and thwarts the development of their potential. Newly analyzing the pedagogical tools and distinctive setting of her seminary, I reveal its most progressive promise. In this political reading of A Serious Proposal , Astell emerges as an early figure in the broad political tradition of female resistance to patriar…
Ecofeminist manifestos
Reflections on Childhood in the History of Feminist Thought
In this article I argue that the political concepts feminists have used throughout history to describe and challenge the problems of sexual inequality and to argue for women’s freedom are also used with surprising consistency and effect in their discussions of the status and treatment of youth. What this study reveals, using five feminist thinkers, is a radical, feminist tradition of challenging adult power over children and a call for more democ…
Getting to the Roots; or, Everything I Need to Know About Radical Social Change I Learned in My Garden
Getting to the Roots; or, Everything I Need to Know About Radical Social Change I Learned in My Garden Penny Weiss (bio) radical:—of, relating to, or proceeding from a root;—designed to remove the root of a disease or all diseased tissue;—far-reaching or thorough. I no longer remember who introduced me to radical feminism in the 1970s. I do recall hearing on many occasions that “radical” meant “to the root,” and that unlike liberal feminism, radi…
Canon Fodder
Canon fodder
A discussion of women thinkers in political philosophy, and the nature of political inquiry"--Provided by publisher
Sei Shônagon and the Politics of Form
Mary Astell
Mary Astell
Writing in the seventeenth century, Mary Astell offers some splendid models of what it can mean to include women in determining the purposes of politics, in marking the boundaries of issues on the political agenda, and in analyzing particular political concepts. A contending voice in early modern philosophy, Astell's contributions to political thought are made more visible here by contrast with Thomas Hobbes, with whom she was familiar and somewh…
Hostile Environment
(Un) Manly Citizens
A compound feminist organization
Modern Political Theory and Contemporary Feminism
Rousseau's Political Defense of the Sex‐roled Family
We argue that Rousseau's defense of the sex‐roled family is not based on biological determinism or simple misogyny. Rather, his advocacy of sexual differentiation is based on his understanding of its ability to bring individuals outside of themselves into interdependent communities, and thus to counter natural independence, self'absorption and asociality, as well as social competitiveness and egoism. This political defense of the sex‐roled family…
"Sex, Freedom & Equality in Rousseau's "Emile
This article challenges interpretations of Rousseau's Emile that see its program of female education as inconsistent with that of males and with Rousseau's general principles. Using Rousseau's definition of freedom, the author explores how the educations of both sexes aim at creating interdependencies rather than self-sufficiency or slavery and concludes that Emile is not as free, nor Sophie as enslaved, as some have argued. The differences in th…
Rousseau, Antifeminism, and Woman's Nature
IN THE LAST DECADE, Rousseau's views on the natures and social roles of the sexes have attracted considerable attention. There is no disagreement in the literature over whether Rousseau educates the sexes to lead different lives. Women are to be confined to the private sphere, consumed with the duties of wife and mother, ever sensitive to the opinions and needs of others, and limited to indirect access to power. Men are trained in craft, taught t…
Rousseau, Antifeminism, and Woman's Nature
IN THE LAST DECADE, Rousseau's views on the natures and social roles of the sexes have attracted considerable attention. There is no disagreement in the literature over whether Rousseau educates the sexes to lead different lives. Women are to be confined to the private sphere, consumed with the duties of wife and mother, ever sensitive to the opinions and needs of others, and limited to indirect access to power. Men are trained in craft, taught t…
A compound feminist organization
"Sex, Freedom & Equality in Rousseau's "Emile
This article challenges interpretations of Rousseau's Emile that see its program of female education as inconsistent with that of males and with Rousseau's general principles. Using Rousseau's definition of freedom, the author explores how the educations of both sexes aim at creating interdependencies rather than self-sufficiency or slavery and concludes that Emile is not as free, nor Sophie as enslaved, as some have argued. The differences in th…
Mary Astell
Writing in the seventeenth century, Mary Astell offers some splendid models of what it can mean to include women in determining the purposes of politics, in marking the boundaries of issues on the political agenda, and in analyzing particular political concepts. A contending voice in early modern philosophy, Astell's contributions to political thought are made more visible here by contrast with Thomas Hobbes, with whom she was familiar and somewh…
Ecofeminist manifestos
Rousseau, Antifeminism, and Woman's Nature
IN THE LAST DECADE, Rousseau's views on the natures and social roles of the sexes have attracted considerable attention. There is no disagreement in the literature over whether Rousseau educates the sexes to lead different lives. Women are to be confined to the private sphere, consumed with the duties of wife and mother, ever sensitive to the opinions and needs of others, and limited to indirect access to power. Men are trained in craft, taught t…
Rousseau's Political Defense of the Sex‐roled Family
We argue that Rousseau's defense of the sex‐roled family is not based on biological determinism or simple misogyny. Rather, his advocacy of sexual differentiation is based on his understanding of its ability to bring individuals outside of themselves into interdependent communities, and thus to counter natural independence, self'absorption and asociality, as well as social competitiveness and egoism. This political defense of the sex‐roled family…
"Sex, Freedom & Equality in Rousseau's "Emile
This article challenges interpretations of Rousseau's Emile that see its program of female education as inconsistent with that of males and with Rousseau's general principles. Using Rousseau's definition of freedom, the author explores how the educations of both sexes aim at creating interdependencies rather than self-sufficiency or slavery and concludes that Emile is not as free, nor Sophie as enslaved, as some have argued. The differences in th…
Modern Political Theory and Contemporary Feminism
A compound feminist organization
(Un) Manly Citizens
Hostile Environment
Mary Astell
Mary Astell
Writing in the seventeenth century, Mary Astell offers some splendid models of what it can mean to include women in determining the purposes of politics, in marking the boundaries of issues on the political agenda, and in analyzing particular political concepts. A contending voice in early modern philosophy, Astell's contributions to political thought are made more visible here by contrast with Thomas Hobbes, with whom she was familiar and somewh…
Sei Shônagon and the Politics of Form
Canon Fodder
Canon fodder
A discussion of women thinkers in political philosophy, and the nature of political inquiry"--Provided by publisher
Getting to the Roots; or, Everything I Need to Know About Radical Social Change I Learned in My Garden
Getting to the Roots; or, Everything I Need to Know About Radical Social Change I Learned in My Garden Penny Weiss (bio) radical:—of, relating to, or proceeding from a root;—designed to remove the root of a disease or all diseased tissue;—far-reaching or thorough. I no longer remember who introduced me to radical feminism in the 1970s. I do recall hearing on many occasions that “radical” meant “to the root,” and that unlike liberal feminism, radi…
Reflections on Childhood in the History of Feminist Thought
In this article I argue that the political concepts feminists have used throughout history to describe and challenge the problems of sexual inequality and to argue for women’s freedom are also used with surprising consistency and effect in their discussions of the status and treatment of youth. What this study reveals, using five feminist thinkers, is a radical, feminist tradition of challenging adult power over children and a call for more democ…
Ecofeminist manifestos
Mary Astell's Female Retirement
Mary Astell's female retreat is a political project, dedicated to the full self-realization of students in a world that diminishes them and thwarts the development of their potential. Newly analyzing the pedagogical tools and distinctive setting of her seminary, I reveal its most progressive promise. In this political reading of A Serious Proposal , Astell emerges as an early figure in the broad political tradition of female resistance to patriar…
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