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1. Introduction: Analogization in the History of Women’s Rights 1. Introduction: Analogization in the History of Women’s Rights
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2. Slavery as Analogy 2. Slavery as Analogy
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3. Anna Julia Cooper’s Critique of “Eye versus Foot” 3. Anna Julia Cooper’s Critique of “Eye versus Foot”
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4. Cooper on National Character, Worth, and Contribution 4. Cooper on National Character, Worth, and Contribution
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5. Arguments for Self-Improvement 5. Arguments for Self-Improvement
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Conclusion Conclusion
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References References
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Notes Notes
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Abolitionism, Antiracism, Feminism, and Rights by Analogy: From Mary Wollstonecraft to Anna Julia Cooper
Get accessDepartment of Philosophy, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University
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Published:22 February 2024
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Abstract
Analogies are sometimes assumed to be an inconsequential element of philosophical argumentation: mere ornament or figure of speech. But this is to undercalculate their historical importance within many domains, such as feminist rights vindications formulated by nineteenth-century and late eighteenth-century political and philosophical thinkers. In this context, the use of analogies is not trivial, but organized significant (albeit problematic) aspects of these systems of thought. The chapter opens with a critical review of the role within white abolitionist feminisms of figurative references to slavery, their implicit philosophical commitments, and their critical evaluation, particularly by Black feminist traditions of thought. The chapter gives attention to the connected role of analogization and capacity-based arguments within rights vindications. Figures discussed include Mary Wollstonecraft, the Grimké sisters, Maria Stewart, Harriet Taylor Mill, Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Anna Julia Cooper. The chapter argues that by differentiating their use of analogies, including their role and their range, we can better recognize an additional collective critical dialogue concerning both the content and the means of argumentation in which late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century women philosophers contributed, innovated, and debated—even where they did not address each other directly.
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