The Enlightenment: Capitalism and First-Wave Feminism

Flashcards about The Enlightenment: Capitalism and First-Wave Feminism

Capitalism

A new economic theory that emerged during the Enlightenment, advocating for free markets and limited government intervention in economic affairs.

Adam Smith

A Scottish philosopher/economist who advocated for capitalism in his book, The Wealth of Nations, emphasizing laissez-faire economics and the 'Invisible Hand.'

Laissez-faire economics

A form of economics in which the government stays out of economic affairs, allowing for a free market and free enterprise.

Invisible Hand

A concept describing how the self-interest of suppliers (to profit) leads to the needs of society (the consumers) being met, with competition driving better prices and better goods.

First-Wave Feminism

The call for the greater inclusion of women in terms of political power, such as voting, which arose partly from the recognition of the hypocrisy of Enlightenment ideals being denied to women.

Mary Wollstonecraft

An English advocate for women's rights who argued that women having to obey men was as arbitrary as people obeying monarchs.

Olympe de Gouge

An advocate for women's rights during Revolutionary France figures would be seen as a source of its origins