The Concept of Woman Volume 3

<DIV>The culmination of a lifetime's scholarly work this pioneering study by Sister Prudence Allen traces the concept of woman in relation to man in Western thought from ancient times to the present. In her third and final volume Allen covers the years 1500–2015 continuing her chronological approach to individual authors and also offering systematic arguments to defend certain philosophical positions over against others.<BR /><BR /> Building on her work from Volumes I and II Allen draws on four "communities of discourse"—Academic Humanist Religious and Satirical—as she traces several recurring strands of sex and gender identity from the Renaissance to the present. Now complete Allen's magisterial study is a valuable resource for scholars and students in the fields of women's studies philosophy history theology literary studies and political science.</DIV>