ISBN:
9780203116548
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9780415526913
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 250 p
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Plato's Dialectic on Woman : Equal, Therefore Inferior
DDC:
305.4
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-231) and indexes
Abstract:
pt. I. The dramatic/rhetorical texts -- pt. II. The philosophical texts -- pt. III. Plato's philosophy of woman
Abstract:
With the birth of the feminist movement classicists, philosophers, educational experts, and psychologists, all challenged by the question of whether or not Plato was a feminist, began to examine Plato's dialogues in search of his conception of woman. The possibility arose of a new focus affecting the view of texts written more than two thousand years in the past. And yet, in spite of the recent surge of interest on woman in Plato, no comprehensive work identifying his position on the subject has yet appeared. This book considers not only the totality of Plato's texts on woman and the feminine
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The State of the Question; Prologue: The Feminine Presence in the Dialogues- A Methodological Consideration; PART I The Dramatic/Rhetorical Texts; 1 Dramatic/Rhetorical Views of Woman; PART II The Philosophical Texts; 2 The Socratic Origin; 3 Satirical Criticism of Simplistic Views of Equality; 4 The Three Waves in the Analogy between City and Soul; 5 The Logic of the First Wave; 6 Thematic Transformation: The Cosmology of Woman in Timaeus; 7 Solving the Puzzle of Woman in Laws
Description / Table of Contents:
PART III Plato's Philosophy of Woman8 Prolegomenon to the Results; 9 Equal, Therefore Inferior: The Logic of Plato on Woman; 10 Beyond Plato: Groundwork for a Theory of Woman; Appendix to the Text: Greek Words on Women and the Feminine; Bibliography; Index of Ancient and Medieval Names; Index of Modern and Contemporary Sources; Index of General Concepts; Index of Terms and Concepts Relevant to Specific Dialogues;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Available via World Wide Web
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