{"product_id":"on-the-sovereignty-of-mothers-gil-anidjar-9780231216432","title":"On the Sovereignty of Mothers: The Political as Maternal","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaternal, patriarchal, and fraternal concepts, metaphors, and images have long dominated thinking about politics. But the political, Gil Anidjar argues, has always been maternal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a series of finely woven meditations on slavery, sovereignty, and the social contract, this book places mothers and mothering at the crux of political thought. Anidjar identifies a maternal sovereignty and a maternal contract, showing that without motherhood, there could be no constitution, preservation, or reproduction of collective existence in time. And maternal power is also power over life and death, as he reveals through a nuanced consideration of abortion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the concept of the maternal, Anidjar offers new insights into abiding sources from the Bible and ancient Greece to classical and modern political philosophy--the story of Hagar and Sarah, Oedipus and his two mothers, Hegel's dialectic of master and slave--reinterpreted in light of Black and feminist criticism, psychoanalytic theory, and autotheoretical reflection. Elegantly written and provocative, \u003ci\u003eOn the Sovereignty of Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e offers the maternal as a new frame for understanding the political order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gil Anidjar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231216432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231216432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Gil Anidjar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46094452392191,"sku":"9780231216432","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25ff01ae-a48c-42a0-8363-076f359f9a0d.jpg?v=1724844700","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-sovereignty-of-mothers-gil-anidjar-9780231216432","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}