Luisa Muraro is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Verona, Italy. Francesca Novello is an instructor at the University of Oklahoma. Timothy S. Murphy is Houston-Truax-Wentz Professor and Regents Professor of English at Oklahoma State University.

"The Symbolic Order of the Mother by the Italian philosopher and feminist Luisa Muraro is the first work translated into English (2018) from a brilliant and original body of works." — KULT_online

• ForewordAlison StoneTranslator’s NoteFrancesca NovelloIntroduction: From Separation to Creative DifferenceTimothy S. MurphyAuthor’s Note to the English-Language EditionPreface1. The Difficulty of Beginning2. Knowing How to Love the Mother as a Sense of Being3. The Word, a Gift from the Mother4. Or the One in Her Place5. The Circle of Flesh6. The Abyssal DistanceNotesIndex

Luisa Muraro is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Verona, Italy. Francesca Novello is an instructor at the University of Oklahoma. Timothy S. Murphy is Houston-Truax-Wentz Professor and Regents Professor of English at Oklahoma State University.

"The Symbolic Order of the Mother by the Italian philosopher and feminist Luisa Muraro is the first work translated into English (2018) from a brilliant and original body of works." — KULT_online

• ForewordAlison StoneTranslator’s NoteFrancesca NovelloIntroduction: From Separation to Creative DifferenceTimothy S. MurphyAuthor’s Note to the English-Language EditionPreface1. The Difficulty of Beginning2. Knowing How to Love the Mother as a Sense of Being3. The Word, a Gift from the Mother4. Or the One in Her Place5. The Circle of Flesh6. The Abyssal DistanceNotesIndex

Luisa Muraro is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Verona, Italy. Francesca Novello is an instructor at the University of Oklahoma. Timothy S. Murphy is Houston-Truax-Wentz Professor and Regents Professor of English at Oklahoma State University.

"The Symbolic Order of the Mother by the Italian philosopher and feminist Luisa Muraro is the first work translated into English (2018) from a brilliant and original body of works." — KULT_online

• ForewordAlison StoneTranslator’s NoteFrancesca NovelloIntroduction: From Separation to Creative DifferenceTimothy S. MurphyAuthor’s Note to the English-Language EditionPreface1. The Difficulty of Beginning2. Knowing How to Love the Mother as a Sense of Being3. The Word, a Gift from the Mother4. Or the One in Her Place5. The Circle of Flesh6. The Abyssal DistanceNotesIndex