Edith Stein: Women, Social-Political Philosophy, Theology, Metaphysics and Public History

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction: The Wide-Ranging Impact of Edith Stein’s Thought—New Approaches, Applications, and Insights

   • Antonio Calcagno

   Pages 1-8

3. Women

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. From the “Neutral” Human Being to Gender Difference: Phenomenological and Dual Anthropology in Edith Stein

      • Angela Ales Bello

      Pages 11-23

   3. Women in Society: The Critical Potential of Stein’s Feminism for Our Understanding of the State

      • Mette Lebech

      Pages 25-33

   4. Women’s Existence, Woman’s Soul: Essence and Existence in Edith Stein’s Later Feminism

      • Laura Judd Beer

      Pages 35-45

4. Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-47

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   2. Intersubjectivity and Community in Edith Stein’s Thought

      • Anna Maria Pezzella

      Pages 49-63

   3. Eternal Life: A Phenomenological Exploration from the Perspective of Edith Stein’s Description of Person and Community

      • Jennie D. Latta

      Pages 65-72

   4. The Individuality of the Human Person in the Phenomenological Works of Edith Stein

      • Christof Betschart

      Pages 73-86

   5. The Inseparability of Consciousness from Embodiment in the Phenomenology of Edith Stein

      • Paulina Monjaraz Fuentes

      Pages 87-92

   6. The Influence of Adolf Reinach on Edith Stein’s Concept of the State: Similarities and Differences

      • Eduardo González-Di Pierro

      Pages 93-105

   7. Edith Stein on Autism

      • Kathleen M. Haney

      Pages 107-115

5. Theology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. A Phenomenology of Ethics and Excess: Experiences of Givenness and Transcendence According to Edith Stein

      • Michael F. Andrews

      Pages 119-131

   3. Feeling as the Bond Between Soul and Body in St. John of the Cross, The Living Flame of Love

      • Juan Francisco Pinilla

      Pages 133-152

   4. Science and Theology: Toward a Steinian Perspective

      • Marian Maskulak

      Pages 153-166

   5. Soul Power: Edith Stein’s Meta-Phenomenological Construction of the Human Soul

      • Donald L. Wallenfang

      Pages 167-180

   6. Martyrdom as Perfection of Life in the Christian Tradition and in Edith Stein’s Thinking

      • Harm Klueting

      Pages 181-193

6. Metaphysics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195

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This volume explores the work and thought of Edith Stein (1891–1942). It discusses in detail, and from new perspectives, the traditional areas of her thinking, including her ideas about women/feminism, theology, and metaphysics. In addition, it introduces readers to new and/or understudied areas of her thought, including her views on history, and her social and political philosophy. The guiding thread that connects all the essays in this book is the emphasis on new approaches and novel applications of her philosophy. The contributions both extend the interdisciplinary implications of Stein’s thinking for our contemporary world and apply her insights to questions of theatre, public history and biographical representation, education, politics, autism, theological debates, feminism, sexuality studies and literature. The volume brings together for the first time leading scholars in five language-groups, including English, German, Italian, French and Spanish-speaking authors, thereby reflecting an international and cosmopolitan approach to Stein studies.

• Edith Stein
• Feminism and Gender Studies
• Feminism and Phenomenology
• Metaphysics and ontology
• Public History and Edith Stein
• Social and political phenomenology
• Weimar political theory
• Women and Edith Stein
• Women and Theology
• philosophical aspect of popular fiction

• Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, King’s University College, Western University, London, Canada

  Antonio Calcagno

Antonio Calcagno holds a B.A. (University of Toronto), M.A. (University of Louvain) and a Ph.D. (Guelph). He is a specialist in Renaissance philosophy, contemporary European philosophy and social and political thought. He is currently Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at King’s University College. Along with Dr. Steve Lofts, he is the co-founder of the Centre for Advanced Research of European Philosophy (CAREP). The Centre seeks to bring leading scholars and philosophers together to discuss the legacy of and recent developments in contemporary European thought. CAREP brings philosophy in Canada into dialogue with various European schools and traditions. He is the author of "Giordano Bruno and the Logic of Coincidence", "The Philosophy of Edith Stein", and "Badiou and Derrida: Politics, Events and Their Time".

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