In Spite of Plato: Feminist Rewriting of Ancient Philosophy
by Adriana Cavarero
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This pathbreaking work pursues two interwoven themes. Firstly, it engages in a deconstruction of Ancient philosopher's texts--mainly from Plato, but also from Homer and Parmenides--in order to free four Greek female figures from the patriarchal discourse which for centuries had imprisoned them in a particular role. Secondly, it attempts to construct a symbolic female order, reinterpreting these figures from a new perspective. Building on the theory of sexual difference, Cavarero shows that show more death is the central category on which the whole edifice of traditional philosophy is based. By contrast, the category of birth provides the thread with which new concepts of feminist criticism can be woven together to establish a fresh way of thinking. show lessTags
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Adriana Cavarero is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Verona. Her books in English include For More than One Voice (Stanford, 2005) and Horrorism (2008).
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- Philosophy, Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction
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- 305.4201 — Social sciences Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Groups of people Women Social role and status of women Standard subdivisions
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- B175 .I7 .C3713 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Philosophy (General) By period Ancient
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