Women and gender in Jewish philosophy / edited by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava, 1950-

Series:

Jewish literature and culture.

Jewish literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish philosophy--Congresses.

Jewish philosophy.

Feminist theory--Israel--Congresses.

Feminist theory.

Sex role--Philosophy--Congresses.

Sex role.

Sex role--Israel--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Women and Gender in Jewish Philosophy is the first systematic attempt to interpret the Jewish philosophical tradition in light of feminist philosophy and to engage feminist philosophy from the perspective of Jewish philosophy. Written by Jewish women who are trained in philosophy, the 13 original essays presented here demonstrate that no analysis of Jewish philosophy (historical or constructive) can be adequate without attention to gender categories. The essays cover the entire Jewish philosophic tradi

Contents:

Cover; TOC; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction: Jewish Philosophy in Conversationwith Feminism; 1. Loss, Presence, and Gabirol's Desire: Medieval Jewish Philosophyand the Possibility of a Feminist Ground; 2. Thinking Desire in Gersonides and Spinoza; 3. Spinoza's Ethics of the Liberation of Desire; 4. The Lonely Woman of Faith under Late Capitalism; or,Jewish Feminism in Marxist Perspective; 5. Dependency and Vulnerability: Jewish and Feminist ExistentialistConstructions of the Human; 6. From Eros to Maternity: Love, Death, and "the Feminine"in the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas

7. To Know What Is: Feminism, Metaphysics, andEpistemology8. Into the Woods: Killer Mothers, Feminist Ethics, and theProblem of Evil; 9. Judaism's Body Politic; 10. Feminism and the Rabbinic Conception of Justice; 11. Reconstructing Divine Power: Post-HolocaustJewish Theology, Feminism, and Process Philosophy; 12. Theological Desire: Feminism, Philosophy, andExegetical Jewish Thought; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Proceedings of a conference held Feb. 25-26, 2001 at Arizona State University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07165-3

0-253-11103-X

OCLC:

475966051