Download or read book Perspectives on Feminist Political Thought in European History written by Tjitske Akkerman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book puts the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in the broader contexts of their time. This intriguing collection of essays shows that feminism is not a varient of modern radical discourse but a mode of analysing the issues of authority, power and virtue that have been at the heart of European political thought from the middle ages.