Rebecca Kukla: 3 books

Book cover of Mass Hysteria

Mass Hysteria

Medicine, Culture, and Mothers' Bodies

by Rebecca Kukla
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2005

In Mass Hysteria, Rebecca Kukla examines the present-day medical and cultural practices surrounding pregnancy, new motherhood, and infant feeding. In the late-eighteenth century, the configuration of the maternal body underwent a radical transformation and the two maternal bodies that emerged out...
Book cover of Giving a Damn

Giving a Damn

Essays in Dialogue with John Haugeland

by William Blattner, Steven Crowell, Rebecca Kukla
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2016

A collection of essays that use John Haugeland's work on intentionality, embodiment, objectivity, and caring to explore contemporary issues in philosophy of mind. In his work, the philosopher John Haugeland (1945–2010) proposed a radical expansion of philosophy's conceptual toolkit, calling...
Book cover of Righteous Indignation

Righteous Indignation

A Jewish Call for Justice

by Rabbi Sharon Brous, Melissa Weintraub, Mark Hanis
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2013

Can the teachings of Judaism provide a sacred framework for repairing the world? In this groundbreaking volume, leading rabbis, intellectuals, and activists explore the relationship between Judaism and social justice, drawing on ancient and modern sources of wisdom. The contributors argue that...
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