沃斯通克拉夫特：为女权辩护 Dover Thrift Editions: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

基本信息

Series:Thrift Editions

Format:Paperback / softback 224 pages

Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.

Imprint:Dover Publications Inc.

ISBN:9780486290362

Published:1 Feb 2000

Weight:154g

Dimensions:209 x 131 x 13 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

在要求人类享有更多自由的革命时代，玛丽·沃斯通克拉夫特 (1759-1797) 是一位热心的女权主义者，她为当时无数女性发声。

亲眼目睹了男性无节制的毁灭性后果，她早年就承担了独立的角色，自学成才，以家庭教师、教师和作家的身份谋生。她也是激进知识分子圈子中受人尊敬的成员，这个圈子里包括威廉·戈德温（她的女儿、小说家玛丽·戈德温·雪莱的父亲，后来成为她的丈夫）、托马斯·潘恩、威廉·布莱克、亨利·富塞利等人。

《女权辩护》于 1792 年出版，在当时引起了轩然大波，这在很大程度上可能就是因为作者的生活方式不同寻常。如今，它被认为是DI一部伟大的妇女权利宣言，充满激情地主张对妇女进行教育：“暴君和纵欲者试图让妇女蒙在鼓里，这是对的，因为前者只想要奴隶，而后者想要玩物。”

沃斯通克拉夫特并不是一个心胸狭窄的狂热分子，她在热情的倡导和同情的温暖之间找到了平衡——这一特点帮助她的思想获得了广泛的影响。任何对妇女权利运动历史感兴趣的人都会欢迎这本廉价版的书籍，它是争取人类尊严、自由和平等的斗争中具有里程碑意义的文件之一。

In an era of revolutions demanding greater liberties for mankind, Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797) was an ardent feminist who spoke eloquently for countless women of her time.

Having witnessed firsthand the devastating results of male improvidence, she assumed an independent role early in life, educating herself and eventually earning a living as a governess, teacher and writer. She was also an esteemed member of the radical intellectual circle that included William Godwin (father of her daughter, novelist Mary Godwin Shelley, and later her husband), Thomas Paine, William Blake, Henry Fuseli and others.

First published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman created a scandal in its day, largely, perhaps, because of the unconventional lifestyle of its creator. Today, it is considered the first great manifesto of women’s rights, arguing passionately for the education of women: "Tyrants and sensualists are in the right when they endeavor to keep women in the dark, because the former want only slaves, and the later a plaything."

No narrow-minded zealot, Wollstonecraft balanced passionate advocacy with a sympathetic warmth — a characteristic that helped her ideas achieve widespread influence. Anyone interested in the history of the women’s rights movement will welcome this inexpensive edition of one of the landmark documents in the struggle for human dignity, freedom and equality.

作者简介

玛丽·沃斯通克拉夫特（1759年4月27日—1797年9月10日），18世纪的英国作家、哲学家、女性主义者。其于短暂的写作生涯中，完成了多篇小说和论文、一本游记、一本法国大革命史、一本行为手册以及一本儿童文学。撰于1792年的《女权辩护》为沃斯通克拉夫特为人所知的作品；在这本书里，她提出：女性并非天生地低贱于男性，只有当她们缺乏足够的教育时才会显露出这一点。她认为男性和女性都应被视为有理性的生命，继而设想了建立基于理性之上的社会秩序。

对普通大众——特别是女权主义者而言，沃斯通克拉夫特的一生要比其作品更加引人注目，这主要是由于她另类的生活型态。在与无政府主义运动的先驱者威廉·戈德温结婚之前，沃斯通克拉夫特还有过两段不幸的爱情：其一是与瑞士画家约翰·亨利希·菲斯利，其二是与商人吉尔伯特·伊姆利。沃斯通克拉夫特与戈德温育有一女，即《科学怪人》的作者玛丽·雪莱。沃斯通克拉夫特38岁时，产下次女玛丽，不久过世于产后并发症，遗留下几部未完成的原稿。

在沃斯通克拉夫特死后，丈夫戈德温于1798年出版了《女权辩护作者传》，其中透露了她另类的生活方式。本为纪念妻子的戈德温，却在无意之间将她的名誉破坏长达一个世纪之久。但是，随着20世纪初妇女权利的兴起，沃斯通克拉夫特对性别平等的提倡以及对传统女性特质的批评开始变得日益重要。在现今，沃斯通克拉夫特被视作是女性主义哲学的鼻祖之一，而女权主义者们也经常会提到她的生活与作品。

Mary Wollstonecraft (April 27, 1759 - September 10, 1797) was an 18th-century British writer, philosopher, and feminist. In her short writing career, she completed several novels and essays, a travelogue, a history of the French Revolution, a conduct manual, and a young people's literature. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, written in 1792, is Wollstonecraft's best-known work; in this book, she proposed that women are not inherently inferior to men, and this is only revealed when they lack sufficient education. She believed that both men and women should be regarded as rational beings, and then envisioned the establishment of a social order based on reason.

For the general public, especially feminists, Wollstonecraft's life is more eye-catching than her works, mainly because of her alternative lifestyle. Before marrying William win, a pioneer of the anarchist movement, Wollstonecraft had two other unhappy romances: one with Swiss painter Johann Heinrich Fischel and the other with businessman Gilbert Imlay. Wollstonecraft and Godwin had one daughter, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Wollstonecraft died of complications after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary, at the age of 38, leaving behind several unfinished manuscripts.

After Wollstonecraft's death, her husband published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1798, which revealed her alternative lifestyle. He was originally intended to commemorate his wife, inadvertently destroyed her reputation for a century. However, with the rise of women's rights in the early 20th century, Wollstonecraft's advocacy of gender equality and criticism of traditional femininity began to become increasingly important. Today, Wollstonecraft is considered one of the founders of feminist philosophy, and feminists often refer to her life and work.