{"product_id":"another-mother-cesare-casarino-9781517904937","title":"Another Mother: Diotima and the Symbolic Order of Italian Feminism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking volume introduces the unique feminist thought of the longstanding Italian group known as Diotima\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing Anglophone readers to a potent strain of Italian feminism known to French, Spanish, and German audiences but as yet unavailable in English, \u003ci\u003eAnother Mother\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the question of the mother is essential to comprehend the matrix of contemporary culture and society and to pursue feminist political projects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on Diotima, a community of women philosophers deeply involved in feminist politics since the 1960s, this volume provides a multifaceted panorama of its engagement with currents of thought including structuralism, psychoanalysis, linguistics, and Marxism. Starting from the simple insight that the mother is the one who gives us both life and language, these thinkers develop concepts of the mother and sexual difference in contemporary society that differ in crucial ways from both French and U.S. feminisms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArguing that Diotima anticipates many of the themes in contemporary philosophical discourses of biopolitics--exemplified by thinkers such as Giorgio Agamben, Antonio Negri, and Roberto Esposito--\u003ci\u003eAnother Mother\u003c\/i\u003e opens an important space for reflections on the past history of feminism and on feminism's future. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: Anne Emmanuelle Berger, Paris 8 U-Vincennes Saint-Denis; Ida Dominijanni; Luisa Muraro; Diana Sartori, U of Verona; Chiara Zamboni, U of Verona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cesare Casarino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517904935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517904937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 1.10d","brand":"Cesare Casarino","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088507482367,"sku":"9781517904937","price":112.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1af9a6f5-1ea8-44fa-bc9b-816f6f4f3a67.jpg?v=1769105148","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/another-mother-cesare-casarino-9781517904937","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}