Gendering Modern Jewish Thought

For Cooper, a more responsible and ethical reading of Jewish philosophy comes forward when it is opened to the voices of mothers, sisters, and daughters.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Gendered Genealogies

1. Lovers and Brothers

2. Eros, Bodies, and Beyond

3. Filial and Fraternal Friends

4. Scandalous Siblings

5. Sacrificial Mothers, Sacrificial Sisters

Epilogue: Beyond the Fraternal Family

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Andrea Dara Cooper is Leonard and Tobee Kaplan Scholar in Modern Jewish Thought and Culture and Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy, Oxford Bibliographies in Jewish Studies, Religion Compass and the Journal of Jewish Ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Dara Cooper
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780253057587
• ISBN: 978-0-253-05758-7
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: New Jewish Philosophy and Thought; New Jewish Philosophy and Thou; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works