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The gift of the other : Levinas and the politics of reproduction /

"The Gift of the Other brings together a philosophical analysis of time, embodiment, and ethical responsibility with a feminist critique of the way women's reproductive capacity has been theorized and represented in Western culture. Author Lisa Guenther develops the ethical and temporal im...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guenther, Lisa, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Colección:SUNY series in gender theory.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction : the gift of the other
  • Ch. 1 "facts" of life : Beauvoir's account of reproduction
  • Ch. 2 body politic : Arendt on time, natality, and reproduction
  • Ch. 3 Welcome the stranger : birth as the gift of the feminine other
  • Ch. 4 Fathers and daughters : Levinas, Irigaray, and the transformation of paternity
  • Ch. 5 Ethics and the maternal body : Levinas and Kristeva between the generations.