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The study of the gendered aspects of intellectual history does not enjoy the dubious blessing of being a distinct and well-developed discipline, or even sub-discipline. Perhaps this is as it should be: there are so many aspects of intellectual history which demand gendered attention that it would be unhelpful and reductive to try to unify the field. The range of the work currently being done which might in some way be categorised as gendered intellectual history, or the intellectual history of gender, is staggering. Yet I think there is something to gain here from considering some issues in this range of work under one heading; and this chapter may also point up the fact that, even within this great range of work, there are areas where there is still much to be done.
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Foxley, R. (2006). gender and intellectual history. In: Whatmore, R., Young, B. (eds) palgrave advances in intellectual history. Palgrave Advances. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230204300_11
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