December 2021 MBR The Philosophy Shelf

[Midwest Book Review]

The Philosophy Shelf

Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers
Silvia Benson, editor
Elvira Roncalli, editor
State University of New York Press
State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12246-0001
www.sunypress.edu
9781438484914, $95.00, HC, 144pp

https://www.amazon.com/Contemporary-Italian-Women-Philosophers-Stretching/dp/1438484917

Synopsis: Collaboratively compiled and co-edited by the team of Silvia Benso (Professor of Philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology and the author and editor of several books, including Viva Voce: Conversations with Italian Philosophers, also published by SUNY Press) and Elvira Roncalli (Associate Professor of Philosophy at Carroll College), "Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers: Stretching the Art of Thinking" is a compendium of eleven erudite and insightful essays deftly organized into three major sections: Women, Mothers, Bodies; Subjectivity, Power, and the Political; Responsibility, Emotions, Time; Everyday Life, Action, Transcendence.

Offering a unique portrayal of the theoretical positions of eleven Italian women thinkers who share the practice of philosophy and extend philosophical work and interests beyond the realm of the discipline strictly defined, "Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers: Stretching the Art of Thinking" is enhanced by an informative introduction by the editors, a listing of the contributors and their credentials, and a five page Index.

Critique: Part of the SUNY series in Contemporary Italian Philosophy series, "Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers: Stretching the Art of Thinking" is a unique and unreservedly recommended addition to community, college, and university library Contemporary Philosophy, Political Philosophy, and Women's Studies collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "Contemporary Italian Women Philosophers: Stretching the Art of Thinking" is also readily available in a paperback edition (9781438484921, $29.95).

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