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

• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 181/.06/082
• Soggetto topico: Jewish philosophy; Feminist theory - Israel; Sex role - Philosophy; Sex role - Israel
• Altri autori: Tirosh-SamuelsonHava <1950->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Women and Gender in Jewish Philosophy
• ISBN: 1-282-07165-3; 0-253-11103-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814309003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Jewish literature and culture.