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    Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers: Stretching the Art of Thinking

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    Roncalli, Elvira; Benso, Silvia
    Date of Issue
    2021-09
    Subject Keywords
    Cultural Studies; Italian Studies; Literature; Philosophy; Women's Studies
    Citation
    Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers: Stretching the Art of Thinking, edited by Silvia Benso and Elvira Roncalli. New York: SUNY Press, 2021.
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    https://scholars.carroll.edu/handle/20.500.12647/10475; https://www.sunypress.edu/p-7163-contemporary-italian-women-phil.aspx
    Title
    Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers: Stretching the Art of Thinking
    Type
    Book
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    Publisher URL: https://www.sunypress.edu/p-7163-contemporary-italian-women-phil.aspx
    Abstract
    A unique portrayal of the theoretical positions of eleven Italian women thinkers who share the practice of philosophy and extend philosophical work and interests beyond the realm of the discipline strictly defined. Gathering the contributions of eleven contemporary Italian women thinkers who share a philosophical practice, Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers embraces a general interrelationality, fluidity, and overlapping of concepts for a border-crossing that affects what it means to be subjects that are embodied and participants in the life of their communities, thereby shaping a sense of belonging. Common threads are revealed through the exploration of radically diverse themes (the body, subjectivity, power, freedom, equality, liberation, the emotions, symbolism and metaphors, maternity, reproduction, responsibility, the political, the economic) and approaches (autobiographical styles, personal narratives, rootedness in the everyday, advancement of relationality, empathic responsibility, passions, and commitment to the flourishing of the polis). In their differences, these previously unpublished essays give the reader a glimpse of the fecund and articulated philosophical work of women in the Italian context—a context which has not been and still is not always benign toward women’s distinctive originality and creativity. Silvia Benso is Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author and editor of several books, including Viva Voce: Conversations with Italian Philosophers, also published by SUNY Press. Elvira Roncalli is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Carroll College.
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