A Life and a Figure of Its Own. María Zambrano and Female Citizenship

Authors

  • Elena Laurenzi Universitat de Barcelona, Università del Salento

Keywords:

María Zambrano, citizenship, feminist political theory, liberalism, individual/individuality, friendship

Abstract

This essay explores the political writings by the philosopher María Zambrano, as well as some of her writings focused on the place occupied by women in society and culture. The aim is to determine her significance and relevance in today’s current debates on women’s citizenship, debates which have occupied feminism during the second half of the twentieth century. Using texts by feminist theorists such asCarol Pateman, M. Luisa Boccia, Carla Lonzi,Marisa Forcina,FrançoiseCollin, Lia Cigarini, Joan Scott, and Marilyn Friedman, the essay examinesZambrano's writings concerningthree themes: the ambivalence and paradox of the concept of the individual, the challenge of friendship against the separation of public and private spheres, and the relationship between citizenship and work.
Lectora 20

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Laurenzi, E. 2014. A Life and a Figure of Its Own. María Zambrano and Female Citizenship. Lectora: Journal of Women and Textuality. 20 (Oct. 2014), 149–160.

Issue

No. 20 (2014): The Figure of "the Neighbor" in 19th Century Literature

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VARIA

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