Artykuł poświęcony jest analizie klasycznych tekstów utopijnych (Thomas More, Tommaso Campanella, Johann V. Andreae, Francis Bacon) pod kątem zaprezentowanego w nich obrazu kobiety. Autor omawia kwestie: miejsca kobiety w organizacji utopijnych społeczeństw, roli kobiety w rodzinie, pracy kobiet, dostępu kobiet do nauki, w kontekście deklarowanej przez autorów literackich utopii równości obu płci. Tekst sytuuje też utopijne wizje społeczeństw idealnych na tle badań historycznych dotyczących miejsca kobiety w Europie XVI i XVII wieku.

Women in Men’s Dreams of an Ideal World. Classic Literary Utopias of the 16th and 17th Centuries

The article focuses on the analysis of classic utopian texts (Thomas More, Tommaso Campanella, Johann V. Andreae, Francis Bacon) in terms of women’s image presented in them. The author discusses the issues of the women’s place in the organization of utopian societies, the role of women in the family, the work of women and women’s access to science, in context of the equality of men and women declared by the authors of the literary utopias. The text compares utopian visions of ideal societies and the results of historical research on women’s place in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The article focuses on the analysis of classic utopian texts (Thomas More, Tommaso Campanella, Johann V. Andreae, Francis Bacon) in terms of women’s image presented in them. The author discusses the issues of the women’s place in the organization of utopian societies, the role of women in the family, the work of women and women’s access to science, in context of the equality of men and women declared by the authors of the literary utopias. The text compares utopian visions of ideal societies and the results of historical research on women’s place in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries.