Week Six: The Conservative Contract and its Feminist Critics

Required Readings:

United States Declaration of Independence Download United States Declaration of Independence

Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Download Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Edmund Burke: "Reflections on the Revolution in France" Download Edmund Burke: "Reflections on the Revolution in France"

Marie-Olympes de Gouges: "Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens" Download Marie-Olympes de Gouges: "Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens"

Mary Wollstonecraft: "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" Download Mary Wollstonecraft: "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"

Quizzes on Readings

PowerPoints:

April 29th (Monday): Not Taking Things For Granted: Customs, Revolutions, and Gender Download Not Taking Things For Granted: Customs, Revolutions, and Gender

May 1 (Wednesday):  The Pamphlet War: Restoration, Reinvention, and Revolution Download The Pamphlet War: Restoration, Reinvention, and Revolution

Recorded Lectures:

April 29th (Monday): Not Taking Things For Granted Customs, Revolutions, and Gender Links to an external site.

May 1 (Wednesday): The Pamphlet War: Restoration, Reinvention, and Revolution Links to an external site.