On the Sovereignty of Mothers
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-21644-9 (ISBN)
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In 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.
Through 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, On the Sovereignty of Mothers offers the maternal as a new frame for understanding the political order.
Gil Anidjar teaches in the Department of Religion and the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. His books include The Jew, the Arab: A History of the Enemy (2003); Semites: Race, Religion, Literature (2008); and Blood: A Critique of Christianity (2014).
Introduction: The Extraordinary in the Mundane, by Becky Yang Hsu
1. Love for a Child: Parental Advocacy for Social Inclusion, by Yunxiang Yan
2. Family Metaphors: Inequality, Culture War, and Imperiled Common Good in China and the United States, by Richard Madsen
3. Comfort in Group Experience: The Frenzy for Psy-Training, by Teresa Kuan
4. Rebooting a Family: Helping Children in Internet Addiction Treatment Camps, by Yichen Rao
5. Dreams of Marriage: Social Media and Disconnect for Young Married Women, by Lynn Lin Sun
6. Good Care in Childbirth: C-Sections as Individual or Collective Decisions, by Gonçalo Santos
7. Repaired Reflections: The Associative Act of Preparing Burial Clothing, by Becky Yang Hsu
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.11.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-231-21644-0 / 0231216440 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-231-21644-9 / 9780231216449 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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