英国启蒙运动时期女性教育思想动因浅析

A Brief Analysis on the Motivation of Women's Education Thought in Period of The British Enlightenment

启蒙运动打开了英国现代思想的大门,英国启蒙思想家对女性教育问题做了较多论述,基于他们主张女性接受教育的原因的不同,大致可分为“平等主义”和“功能主义”。平等主义者认为女性在智力上与男性平等,女性应该享有与男性同等的受教育机会。功能主义者提出对女性进行理性教育,可以使她们成为更好的妻子和母亲,使家庭受益,甚至可以为公共利益做出贡献,促进社会的进步和发展。他们在女性教育问题上提出的观点,成为了现代女权主义的理论基础。

The Enlightenment opened the door of modern thoughts in Britain,and Enlightenment thinkers in Britain made a lot of discussions on women's education.Based on their different reasons for women to receive education,it could be roughly divided into"egalitarianism"and"functionalism".Egalitarians believe that women are intellectually equal to men and should have the same educational opportunities as men.Functionalists put forward that rational education for women can make them better wives and mothers,which benefit families,and even make contributions to the public interest and promote social progress and development.Their views on the issue of women's education have become the theoretical basis of modern feminism.