Contemporary Italian women philosophers : stretching the art of thinking / edited and with an introduction by Silvia Benso and Elvira Roncalli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Benso, Silvia, editor.

Roncalli, Elvira, editor.

Series:

SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy.

SUNY series in contemporary Italian philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Italian.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, [2021]

Summary:

A unique portrayal of the theoretical positions of eleven Italian women thinkers who share the practice of philosophy and extend philosophical work and interests beyond the realm of the discipline strictly defined.

Contents:

Introduction. Contemporary Italian women thinkers : attending to thinking, extending the art / Silvia Benso, Elvira Roncalli

Part One: Women, mothers, bodies. The inner passage / Luisa Muraro

Who is a mother? / Maria Luisa Boccia

Aporias of the maternal in the women's movement / Lea Melandri

Part Two: Subjectivity, power, and the political. Toward an ethos of freedom : notes on subjectivity and power / Simona Forti

Biopolitics and economy : between self-government practices and new forms of control / Laura Bazzicalupo

Immunitary politics / Caterina Resta

Part Three: Responsibility, emotions, time. Responsibility as being here in our own time / Laura Boella

Emotional subjects : for the care of the future / Elena Pulcini

Part Four: Everyday life, action, transcendence. Everyday life : for a vision of transcendence / Enrica Lisciani-Petrini

The symbol in action / Maria Cristina Bartolomei

Coda. Mimetic inclinations : a dialogue with Adriana Cavareto / Adriana Cavareto, Nidesh Lawtoo.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438484938

1438484933

OCLC:

1264469608