Luisa Muraro
Luisa Muraro (14 June 1940 – 13 June 2026) was an Italian philosopher and feminist activist.
Luisa Muraro
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- Name
- Luisa Muraro
- Born
- 14 June 1940
- Birthplace
- Montecchio Maggiore, Italy
- Died
- 13 June 2026
- Place of death
- Milan, Italy
- Occupation
- Philosopher Activist
- Education
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
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Luisa Muraro (14 June 1940 – 13 June 2026) was an Italian philosopher and feminist activist.
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• Name — Luisa Muraro • Born — 14 June 1940 • Birthplace — Montecchio Maggiore, Italy • Died — 13 June 2026 • Place of death — Milan, Italy • Occupation — Philosopher Activist • Education — Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Life and career
Life and career
A graduate of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, she studied philosophical feminism with the Diotoma group. She proposed a transversal approach that rejects a politics specifically for women that would merely reinforce their subordination to men. Her work also reconstructed Biblical women, emphasizing their contributions to the feminine nature of God. Muraro died in Milan on 13 June 2026, one day shy of her 86th birthday.
Publications
• L'erba voglio: pratica non autoritaria nella scuola (1971) • La signora del gioco. Episodi della caccia alle streghe (1976) • Giambattista della Porta mago e scienziato (1978) • Maglia o uncinetto. Racconto linguistico-politico sulla inimicizia tra metafora e metonimia (1981) • Il pensiero della differenza sessuale (1987) • L'ordine simbolico della madre (1991) • Oltre l'uguaglianza. Le radici femminili dell'autorità (1994) • Lingua materna, scienza divina. Scritti sulla filosofia mistica di Margherita Porete (1995) • Lingua e verità in Emily Dickinson, Teresa di Lisieux, Ivy Compton-Burnett (1995) • La politica del desiderio (1996) • Il Dio delle donne (2003) • Guglielma e Maifreda: storia di un'eresia femminista (1985) • Le amiche di Dio. Margherita e le altre (2001) • La signora del gioco. La caccia alle streghe interpretata dalle sue vittime (2006) • Al Mercato della felicità: la forza irrinunciabile del desiderio (2009) • Tre Lezioni sulla differenza sessuale e altri scritti (2011) • Non è da tutti. L'indicibile fortuna di nascere donna (2011) • Dio è violent (2012) • Autorità (2013) • L'anima del corpo: contro l'utero in affitto (2016)
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