Back to the Future: Marriage as Friendship in the Thought of Mary Wollstonecraft

Ruth Abbey

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Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment Gender and Feminist Studies Political Theory and Influence

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If liberal theory is to move forward, it must take the political nature of family relations seriously. The beginnings of such a liberalism appear in Mary Wollstonecraft's work. Wollstonecraft's depiction of the family as a fundamentally political institution extends liberal values into the private sphere by promoting the ideal of marriage as friendship. However, while her model of marriage diminishes arbitrary power in family relations, she seems unable to incorporate enduring sexual relations between married partners.

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1988The Sexual Contract 1996Philosophical Arguments 1992A Vindication Of The Rights Of Women 1990Liberalism and the moral life 1989Liberalism and the Moral Life 1988The Politics of Friendship 1989The disorder of women 1995Equivocal Beings

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