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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Guenther, Lisa, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Series:SUNY series in gender theory.
Subjects:
Lévinas, Emmanuel.
Lévinas, Emmanuel
Women > Philosophy.
Reproduction > Philosophy.
Motherhood > Philosophy.
Woman (Philosophy)
Femme (Philosophie)
Reproduction > Philosophie.
Maternité > Philosophie.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > Motherhood.
Reproduction > Philosophy
Women > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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