Edith Stein: Women, Social-Political Philosophy, Theology, Metaphysics and Public History: New Approaches and Applications (Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life Book 4)

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. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction: The Wide-Ranging Impact of Edith Stein’s Thought—New Approaches, Applications, and Insights....Pages 1-8 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 From the “Neutral” Human Being to Gender Difference: Phenomenological and Dual Anthropology in Edith Stein....Pages 11-23 Women in Society: The Critical Potential of Stein’s Feminism for Our Understanding of the State....Pages 25-33 Women’s Existence, Woman’s Soul: Essence and Existence in Edith Stein’s Later Feminism....Pages 35-45 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 Intersubjectivity and Community in Edith Stein’s Thought....Pages 49-63 Eternal Life: A Phenomenological Exploration from the Perspective of Edith Stein’s Description of Person and Community....Pages 65-72 The Individuality of the Human Person in the Phenomenological Works of Edith Stein....Pages 73-86 The Inseparability of Consciousness from Embodiment in the Phenomenology of Edith Stein....Pages 87-92 The Influence of Adolf Reinach on Edith Stein’s Concept of the State: Similarities and Differences....Pages 93-105 Edith Stein on Autism....Pages 107-115 Front Matter....Pages 117-117 A Phenomenology of Ethics and Excess: Experiences of Givenness and Transcendence According to Edith Stein....Pages 119-131 Science and Theology: Toward a Steinian Perspective....Pages 133-152 Soul Power: Edith Stein’s Meta-Phenomenological Construction of the Human Soul....Pages 153-166 Martyrdom as Perfection of Life in the Christian Tradition and in Edith Stein’s Thinking....Pages 167-180 Front Matter....Pages 181-193 Essential Being and Existential Metaphysics....Pages 195-195 Stein and Pfänder on the Expression of Truth....Pages 197-212 Front Matter....Pages 213-224 Edith Stein and Theatrical Truth....Pages 225-225 The Bergzabern Circle: Toward a More Comprehensive View of Edith Stein....Pages 227-238 Edith Stein and “Secretum meum mihi”: Are Religious Conversions Necessarily Private?....Pages 239-252 Front Matter....Pages 253-266 Stein the Educator in Autobiography, Writing, and Biography....Pages 225-225 Role for Edith Stein in Her Own Promotion?....Pages 267-272 ....Pages 273-282