Benso / Roncalli Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers

Stretching the Art of Thinking
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8493-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benso, Silvia

Roncalli, Elvira

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Contemporary Italian Women Thinkers: Attending to Thinking, Extending the Art
Silvia Benso and Elvira Roncalli

Part I: Women, Mothers, Bodies

1. The Inner Passage
Luisa Muraro

2. Who Is a Mother?
Maria Luisa Boccia

3. Aporias of the Maternal in the Women's Movement
Lea Melandri

Part II: Subjectivity, Power, and the Political

4. Toward an Ethos of Freedom: Notes on Subjectivity and Power
Simona Forti

5. Biopolitics and Economy: Between Self-Government Practices and New Forms of Control
Laura Bazzicalupo

6. Immunitary Politics
Caterina Resta

Part III: Responsibility, Emotions, Time

7. Responsibility as Being Here in Our Own Time
Laura Boella

8. Emotional Subjects: For the Care of the Future
Elena Pulcini

Part IV: Everyday Life, Action, Transcendence

9. Everyday Life: For a Vision without Transcendences
Enrica Lisciani-Petrini

10. The Symbol in Action
Maria Cristina Bartolomei

Coda

11. Mimetic Inclinations: A Dialogue with Adriana Cavarero
Adriana Cavarero and Nidesh Lawtoo

Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Silvia Benso is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author and editor of several books, including Viva Voce: Conversations with Italian Philosophers, also published by SUNY Press. Elvira Roncalli is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Carroll College.