EDN: https://elibrary.ru/qcfxoq
DOI: 10.21064/WinRS.2025.3.4
The article analyzes O. Shtayn’s book Women Philosophers. Thinkers Who Changed the World (2024), which examines the contributions of women to philosophy from
antiquity to the present day. The central figure is Hypatia of Alexandria, whose life is interpreted as an archetype of the woman philosopher: wise, resilient, and sacrificial. The authors trace how this archetype manifests in the biographies of female thinkers across different eras — from L. Andreas-Salomé and S. de Beauvoir to H. Arendt. Special attention is paid to gender sociology, analyzing women philosophers’ struggle for intellectual leadership and the role of empathy, solidarity, and interdisciplinarity in their work. Women philosophers overcame marginalization by combining academic work with civic engagement. E. Stein and S. Weil linked phenomenology with an ethics of resistance, while S. Sontag and S. de Beauvoir transformed philosophy into a tool for cultural critique. Contemporary thinkers (J. Butler, M. Nussbaum, O. Sedakova, and many others) continue this tradition by deconstructing gender, political, and environmental stereotypes. Their legacy reshapes not only academic discourse but also social practices, confirming the sociological thesis about the connection between knowledge and power.