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Mara Benjamin, "The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought" (Indiana UP, 2018)
Mara Benjamin, "The Obligated Self: Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought" (Indiana UP, 2018)
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77 minutes
Released:
Jun 25, 2020
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Podcast episode
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In this talk, Rachel Adelman engages Mara Benjamin in a conversation about her most recent book, The Obligated Self—Maternal Subjectivity and Jewish Thought (Indiana University Press, 2018). Benjamin contends that the physical and psychological work of caring for children presents theologically fruitful but largely unexplored terrain for feminists. Attending to the constant, concrete, and urgent needs of children, she argues, necessitates engaging with profound questions concerning the responsible use of power in unequal relationships, the transformative influence of love, human fragility and vulnerability, and the embeddedness of self in relationships and obligations. Viewing child-rearing as an embodied practice, Benjamin's theological reflection invites a profound reengagement with Jewish sources from the Talmud to modern Jewish philosophy. Her contemporary feminist stance forges a convergence between Jewish theological anthropology and the demands of parental caregiving.
Mara H. Benjamin is the Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College.
Rachel Adelman is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Hebrew College in Boston.
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Mara H. Benjamin is the Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor and Chair of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College.
Rachel Adelman is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Hebrew College in Boston.
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Released:
Jun 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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