Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century

Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century: The German Tradition

Cover art for the first edition
Editors	Dalia Nassar Kristin Gjesdal
Translator	Anna C. Ezekiel
Subject	19th-century German philosophy
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	2021
Publication place	United States
Pages	327
ISBN	978-0-19-086803-1
Dewey Decimal	193
LC Class	B2743 .W66 2021
Website	womenphilosophers.net

Women Philosophers in the Long Nineteenth Century: The German Tradition is a 2021 anthology book edited by philosophers Dalia Nassar and Kristin Gjesdal, with translations by Anna C. Ezekiel. The book includes the works of nine women of the German tradition of philosophy during the long nineteenth century—a term referring to the 125-year period between the French Revolution in 1789 and the Great War in 1914. Each chapter introduces one philosopher and provides a selection of their works, including essays, letters, books, or speeches. Women Philosophers is the first published English translation for many of the works.

Nassar and Gjesdal first conceived of the work in reaction to the lack of 19th-century women philosophers within the philosophical canon, despite their popularity and influence during the time period. The book is aimed primarily as an introductory work and covers a broad variety of topics, including German Romanticism, Marxism, phenomenology, nihilism, and feminism.

Upon publication, Women Philosophers received generally positive reviews, with critics noting its aims to expand the canon as important and effectively done. The book's selection of authors and works were praised as nuanced and well-rounded by some reviewers, though others critiqued its omission of non-traditional philosophical works and certain philosophers. Ezekiel's translations garnered praise as clear and readable.