Volume-X, Issue-IV, July 2024 |
Enlightenment’s Shadow: Rethinking Women’s Place in the Age of Reason Amrita Biswas, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Hiralal Bhakat College, Nalhati, West Bengal, India |
Received: 22.07.2024 | Accepted: 30.07.2024 | Published Online: 31.07.2024 | Page No: 287-294 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.10.issue.04W.026 | |||||||
ABSTRACT | ||
The article makes an effort to study the Age of Reason on the basis of it’s views about women’s rights. Though Enlightenment, with its strong emphasis on logic, liberty, individual rights and progress ushered a new era in our history, but it largely bypassed women who remained confined by societal expectations and limited educational opportunities. This article explores the dissonance between the ideals of Enlightenment and the lived experiences of women, through a selective study of works of some philosophers who reflected contradictory views when it came to women. The legacy of Enlightenment on women’s rights remain incomplete and necessitates a complete re-evaluation of the era’s philosophical contributions. Keywords: Women, Philosophers, Rights, feminism, enlightenment. |