Love and Violence: The Vexatious Factors of Civilization

Lea Melandri

Published by SUNY Press 2018

Love and Violence

The Vexatious Factors of Civilization

Lea Melandri
Translated by: Antonio Calcagno

In the series SUNY series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781438472669

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About this book

A critical, philosophical engagement of the psychological structures that propagate the continued oppression of women.

Author / Editor information

Lea Melandri is one of Italy's best-known feminist thinkers and activists. She is the author of many books and continues to write and advocate for women's rights. In 2012, she was awarded by the city of Milan the Ambrogino d'oro, one of the city's highest honors. Antonio Calcagno is Professor of Philosophy at King's University College at Western University, Canada. He the editor of Contemporary Italian Political Philosophy and the coeditor (with Inna Viriasova) of Roberto Esposito: Biopolitics and Philosophy, both also published by SUNY Press.

Reviews

"…a window into Italian feminist theory and history." — Los Angeles Review of Books

"This is a book by a seasoned, experienced, and quite committed Italian feminist thinker who has much to offer to our current context. Linking love and violence as she does, Melandri asks us to face the disturbing fact that deep, often almost atavistic, ties between son and mother, and then husband and wife, are the source both of intense bonds of love as well as furious clashes of hate and violent acting out. For this insight, and for the careful way she works out her argument in this book, Melandri should be read by an English-language audience, and this fine translation will provide the means for it to do so." — Rebecca West, University of Chicago

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Front Matter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Translator's Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Love And Violence
The Body and the Polis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Loving Mothers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
The Circle of Men Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
The Disquieting Slumber of the West Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
The Unstoppable Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
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Language: English
Publisher: SUNY Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 168
Illustrations
- Other: Total Illustrations: 0
Keywords: Philosophy : Continental Philosophy; Psychology : Psychoanalysis; Philosophy : Feminist Philosophy; Gender and Sexuality : Gender Studies; Sociology : Violence

eBook

Published: November 30, 2018
ISBN: 9781438472669