Woman Question in Plato's Republic

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Av Mary Townsend

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In this book, Mary Townsend proposes that, contrary to the current scholarship on Plato's Republic, Socrates does not in fact set out to prove the weakness of women. Rather, she argues that close attention to the drama of the Republic reveals that Plato dramatizes the reluctance of men to allow women into the public sphere and offers a deeply aporetic vision of women’s nature and political position—a vision full of concern not only for the human community, but for the desires of women themselves.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-05-23
Mått154 x 221 x 18 mm
Vikt372 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498542715
UtmärkelserChoice Editors' Picks February 2018

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Introduction: The Woman Question1. The Action of the Argument2. The Drama of Glaucon’s Aporia3. The Conflict of Thumos and Eros in the Hunt 4. Taming the Hunting Women5. Women and Men, Exercising Naked, Together6. Hera, Artemis, and the Political Problem of Privacy7. Socrates’ Robes of Virtue8. The Tragedy of the Philosopher-King9. Woman is a Political AnimalEpilogue: Aporia on the Woman Question

In this remarkable book, Townsend (visiting professor, classics, Loyola Univ., New Orleans) takes on the task of providing a detailed analysis of the "woman question" in Plato's Republic and, specifically, Plato's proposal that the best of the women share in all of the tasks of the guardians and philosopher rulers of the perfectly just city-state. The proposal is considered laughable (thus labeled the "First Wave"), not only by the interlocutors in the dialogue but by most readers through the centuries. Townsend's approach differs from most accounts of Plato's text in two ways: first, she takes his proposal as serious, albeit with elements of humor, satire, and irony; second, she weaves into the discussion a rich account not only of the lives of "ordinary women" in ancient Greece but also of the paradigms of womanly "divinity" of the goddesses of Greek mythology (Athena, Bendis, Artemis, and others), many of whom are dramatic characters in Plato's dialogues. In taking this descriptive approach, Townsend is able to paint a more complete picture of women in Plato's Republic and explain why Plato thought women were crucial for the successful rule of philosophy itself. Excellent notes and bibliography. Summing Up: Essential. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals; general readers.