Another Mother

A groundbreaking volume introduces the unique feminist thought of the longstanding Italian group known as Diotima

 Introducing Anglophone readers to a potent strain of Italian feminism known to French, Spanish, and German audiences but as yet unavailable in English, Another Mother argues that the question of the mother is essential to comprehend the matrix of contemporary culture and society and to pursue feminist political projects. 

Focusing 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. 

Arguing 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—Another Mother opens an important space for reflections on the past history of feminism and on feminism’s future. 

Contributors: Anne Emmanuelle Berger, Paris 8 U–Vincennes Saint-Denis; Ida Dominijanni; Luisa Muraro; Diana Sartori, U of Verona; Chiara Zamboni, U of Verona.

Un volum revolutionar introduce gandirea feminista unica a grupului italian de lunga durata cunoscut sub numele de Diotima Introducerea cititorilor anglofoni intr-o puternica tulpina de feminism italian cunoscuta publicului francez, spaniol si german, dar inca indisponibila in engleza, Another Mother sustine ca problema mama este esentiala pentru a intelege matricea culturii si societatii contemporane si pentru a urmari proiecte politice feministe. Concentrandu-se pe Diotima, o comunitate de femei filosofe profund implicate in politica feminista din anii 1960, acest volum ofera o panorama multifacetica a angajamentului sau cu curenti de gandire, inclusiv structuralism, psihanaliza, lingvistica si marxism.