Women Philosophers: Thinkers Who Changed the World

Oksana Stein is a candidate of philosophical sciences, teacher, author of more than a hundred scientific articles and a dozen books, winner of the “Second Navigation” prize of the Philosophical Society of the Russian Federation. It is commonly believed that... philosophy is a male science, but this is not so. And this book is proof of that. In it you will learn about the world's first female philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria, the founder of child psychoanalysis Anna Freud, the philosopher and ideologist of Russian symbolism Zinaida Gippius, the creator of objectivism Ayn Rand, who advocated the feminist movement Simone de Beauvoir and many others, including our contemporaries . Get acquainted with their discoveries and difficult destinies. Sacrificing family and love, challenging others, passionately promoting their ideas, these women left a deep mark on philosophical science.