Only Paradoxes to Offer: French Feminists and the Rights of Man

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"Only Paradoxes to Offer: French Feminists and the Rights of Man" is a seminal historical and theoretical study by Joan W. Scott that examines how French feminists from the Revolution onward engaged with and challenged the universalist yet exclusionary principles of modern democratic rights.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
feminist theory work ⓘ
historical study ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
addresses concept of the Rights of Man ⓘ
modern democratic principles ⓘ
rights of women ⓘ
author Joan W. Scott ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
examines how women used the language of rights to claim citizenship ⓘ
paradoxes of equality and difference in feminist politics ⓘ
tension between universalism and exclusion in rights ⓘ
fieldOfStudy French studies ⓘ
feminist theory ⓘ
history ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
focusesOn French feminists ⓘ
modern democratic rights discourse ⓘ
genre gender studies ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
hasAuthor Joan W. Scott ⓘ
hasPerspective critical of exclusionary universalism ⓘ
feminist ⓘ
influenced historiography of French feminism ⓘ
scholarship on gender and citizenship ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject French Revolution ⓘ
French feminism ⓘ
gender and citizenship ⓘ
history of feminism ⓘ
political rights ⓘ
universal rights ⓘ
notableFor analysis of French feminist engagement with the Rights of Man ⓘ
theorization of paradox in feminist claims to rights ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
relatedWork Gender and the Politics of History ⓘ
setIn France ⓘ
theoreticalFramework discourse analysis ⓘ
poststructuralist feminism ⓘ
timePeriodCovered from the French Revolution onward ⓘ

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