Elena Blair

Plato's Dialectic on Woman

Equal, Therefore Inferior

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers not only the totality of Plato's texts on woman and the feminine, but also their place within both his philosophy and the historical context in which it developed. But this book is not merely a textual study situating the subject of woman philosophically and historically; it also uncovers the implications hidden in the texts and the relationships that follow from them. It draws an image of the Platonic woman as rich and full as the textual and historical information allows, offering new and sometimes unexpected results beyond the topic of woman, illuminating aspects of Plato's work that are of relevance to Platonic studies in general.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781138243071
• ISBN-10: 1138243078
• Artikelnr.: 47858012

Autorenporträt

Elena Duvergès Blair is Associate Professor Emerita at Xavier University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Part
III: Plato's Philosophy of Woman 8. Prolegomenon to the Results 9. Equal,
Therefore Inferior: The Logic of Plato on Woman 10. Beyond Plato: the
Groundwork for a Theory of Woman Appendix to the Text: Greek Words on Women
and the Feminine Bibliography Index