Book Description

Excerpt from Feminism Here may be repeated in slightly altered words what was said in the Prefatory Note to the volume on Socialism. Simultane ously with the present volume are published two others, the said work on Socialism, and one entitled The Climax of Civilisation. The three form a series, of which this is the third volume. The Climax of Civilisation is the introductory Part, and the Preface to it explains the connection of the three and the reason for sep arating them. The connection of the three, and especially of this volume with the volume on Socialism, is also frequently alluded to in the course of the following pages, and the references back to those volumes are marked merely as to vols. I. And n. Respec tively. Yet this volume constitutes a work by itself, which the reader can understand without reading either of the others. Still, his comprehension of the argument running through it would be improved by consultation at least with the introductory volume. The present book is complementary to that on Social ism, as no student can have a full grasp of all the tendencies and bearings of socialism without knowledge of the feministic teachings which are its consummation. That feminism may be advocated without socialism - without the whole of which it is a part, and woman suffrage be supported similarly without the rest of feminism, is only an illustration of the fact that con sistency is not a necessary ingredient in the human mind. As feminism simply is sometimes advocated alone, it may here be criticised in a work standing by itself. Within this volume the two chapters on woman suffrage may also be regarded as forming a treatise complete in itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.