{"product_id":"in-defence-of-women-paperback","title":"In Defence of Women - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanna M. Barker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe beginning of the eighteenth century opened Spain to an influx of people, books and ideas and gave the country its own brief age of Enlightenment. At this time of momentous change, the three authors represented in this volume contributed to the Europe-wide debate over the nature of women and their position in society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenito Jer nimo Feijoo was an admired scholar and a prolific author. One of his most controversial essays was \u003cem\u003eDefence of Women\u003c\/em\u003e, which argued that women were men's intellectual equals. This sparked a pamphlet war that continued for twenty-five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosefa Amar y Borb n was a writer and translator who submitted her own spirited argument, the \u003cem\u003eDefence of the Talents of Women\u003c\/em\u003e, to a debate on whether women should be admitted to the new Economic Societies. She also demanded in her \u003cem\u003eDiscourse on the Education of Women \u003c\/em\u003ethat women should be given the opportunity to study and learn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the very end of the century, In s Joyes y Blake published an \u003cem\u003eApology for Women, \u003c\/em\u003earguing that women should develop self-respect, support each other and refuse to be manipulated by insincere lovers and domineering husbands. All three writers wrote with verve and imagination about one of the most important social questions of their day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51797885780256,"sku":"9781781887745","price":38.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/210a410204f4e0f7248e1f045728c56e.webp?v=1780786893","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-defence-of-women-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}