How to Read a Dead Language? Utopia and Exile in the Works of María Zambrano Authors Jorge Brioso Carleton College Keywords: María Zambrano, Spanish postwar, philosophy, feminism, utopia, exile Abstract Defining the philosophy of María Zambrano as "spectral" the article explores the centrality of the concepts of utopia and exile in the thought of the writer and philosopher, with the aim of studying the ways in which Zambrano uses these two concepts in order to reflect an irreconcilable tension between, on the one hand, her condition as philosopher and woman, and, on the other, her belonging to a particular nation-state such as postwar Spain. Downloads PDF (Català) Published 2010-10-08 Issue No. 15 (2009): Mujeres y naciones Section Dossier License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
