In this Book
- The Gift of the Other: Levinas and the Politics of Reproduction
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Gender Theory
summary
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 implications of understanding birth as the gift of the Other, a gift which makes existence possible, and already orients this existence toward a radical responsibility for Others. Through an engagement with the work of Levinas, Beauvoir, Arendt, Irigaray, and Kristeva, the author outlines an ethics of maternity based on the givenness of existence and a feminist politics of motherhood which critiques the exploitation of maternal generosity.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9780791481363
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
868030841
Pages
200
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No