Another Mother - Diotima and the Symbolic Order of Italian Feminism (Paperback)

A groundbreaking volume introduces the unique feminist thought of the longstanding Italian group known as Diotima Introducing Anglophone readers to a potent strain of Italian feminism known to French, Spanish, and German audiences but as yet unavailable in English, Another Mother argues that the question of the mother is essential to comprehend the matrix of contemporary culture and society and to pursue feminist political projects. Focusing on Diotima, a community of women philosophers deeply involved in feminist politics since the 1960s, this volume provides a multifaceted panorama of its engagement with currents of thought including structuralism, psychoanalysis, linguistics, and Marxism. Starting from the simple insight that the mother is the one who gives us both life and language, these thinkers develop concepts of the mother and sexual difference in contemporary society that differ in crucial ways from both French and U.S. feminisms. Arguing that Diotima anticipates many of the themes in contemporary philosophical discourses of biopolitics-exemplified by thinkers such as Giorgio Agamben, Antonio Negri, and Roberto Esposito-Another Mother opens an important space for reflections on the past history of feminism and on feminism's future. Contributors: Anne Emmanuelle Berger, Paris 8 U-Vincennes Saint-Denis; Ida Dominijanni; Luisa Muraro; Diana Sartori, U of Verona; Chiara Zamboni, U of Verona.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Cultural Critique Books
Release date:	December 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Cesare Casarino • Andrea Righi
Translators:	Mark William Epstein
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	344
ISBN-13:	978-1-5179-0494-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General
LSN:	1-5179-0494-3
Barcode:	9781517904944

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