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The symbolic order of the mother / Luisa Muraro, translated by Francesca Novello, edited and with an introduction by Timothy S. Murphy, foreword by Alison Stone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Muraro, Luisa, 1940- author.
- Series:
- SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy.
- SUNY Series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Identity (Psychology).
- Mothers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (164 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- In The Symbolic Order of the Mother Luisa Muraro identifies the bond between mother and child as ontologically fundamental to the development of culture and politics, and therefore as key to achieving truly emancipatory political change. Both corporeal development and language acquisition, which are the sources of all thinking, begin in this relationship. However, Western civilization has been defined by men, and Muraro recalls the admiration and envy she felt for the great philosophers as she strove to become one herself, as well as the desire for independence that opposed her to her mother. This conflict between philosophy and culture on the one hand and the relationship with the mother on the other constitutes the root of patriarchy's symbolic disorder, which blocks women's (and men's) access to genuine freedom. Muraro appeals to the feminist practice of gratitude to the mother and the recognition of her authority as a model of unconditional nurture and support that must be restored. This, she argues, is the symbolic order of the mother that must overcome the disorder of patriarchy. The mediating power of the mother tongue constitutes a symbolic order that comes before all others, for both women and men.
- Contents:
- The difficulty of beginning
- Knowing how to love the mother as a sense of being
- The word, a gift from the mother
- Or the one in her place
- The circle of flesh
- The abyssal distance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781438467658
- 1438467656
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