Overcoming Revolutions: Property, Independence, and Relation in Mary Wollstonecraft

The article examines Mary Wollstonecraft’s interpretation of revolutionary movements, particularly through her analysis of the French Revolution. Wollstonecraft examines the oppression of women as a form of slavery, but also uses it as a lens through which to denounce socio-economic injustices and propose radical change. Her critique of mercantile society and property contrasts with her rethinking of the domestic sphere as an alternative political space. The article shows how these reflections lead to a rethinking of femininity and the construction of a new female subjectivity based on collective independence, proposing a relational autonomy beyond the disillusionment of revolutionary hopes.