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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814309003321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-07165-3

0-253-11103-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Jewish literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

Tirosh-SamuelsonHava <1950->

Disciplina

181/.06/082

Soggetti

Jewish philosophy

Feminist theory - Israel

Sex role - Philosophy

Sex role - Israel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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