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Otherwise than the binary : new feminist readings in ancient philosophy and culture / edited by Jessica Elbert Decker, Danielle A. Layne, and Monica Vilhauer.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Gender nonconformity.
- Feminist criticism.
- Transsexualism.
- transgenderism.
- Civilization.
- Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
- Greece.
- Medical Subjects:
- Transsexualism.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 362 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "Examines traditional sites of binary thinking in ancient Greek texts and culture to demonstrate surprising ambiguity, especially with regard to sexual difference"-- Provided by publisher.
- Otherwise Than the Binary approaches canonical texts and concepts in Ancient Greek philosophy and culture that have traditionally been understood as examples of binary thinking, particularly concerning sexual difference. In contrast to such patriarchal logic, the essays within this volume explore how many of these seemingly strict binaries in ancient culture and thought were far more permeable and philosophically nuanced. Each contribution asks if there are ways of thinking of antiquity differently--namely, to examine canonical works through a lens that expounds and even celebrates philosophies of difference so as to discover instances where authors of antiquity valorize and uphold the necessity of what has been seen as feminine, foreign, and/or irrational. As contemporary thinkers turn toward new ways of reading antiquity, these selected studies will inspire other readings of ancient texts through new feminist methodologies and critical vantage points. When examining the philosophers and notable figures of antiquity alongside their overt patriarchal and masculinist agendas, readers are invited to rethink their current biases while also questioning how particular ideas and texts are received and read--back cover.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. One Myth, Divination, and the Pre-Platonic
- ch. One Was Homer's Circe a Witch? / Andrew Gregory
- ch. Two The Oracle as Intermediary / Sasha Biro
- ch. Three The Roots of Life and Death in the Homeric Hymns and Presocratic Philosophy / Jessica Elbert Decker
- ch. Four The Intelligibility of Difference: Anaxagoras' and Lugones' Ontologies of Separation / Holly Moore
- pt. Two Platonic Transformations
- ch. Five As Much Mixture as Will Suffice: Socrates' Embodied Intermediacy in Plato's Phaedo and Symposium / Anne-Marie Schultz
- ch. Six Overturning Soul-Body Dualism in Plato's Timaeus / Monica Vilhauer
- ch. Seven The Argument of Socrates' Action in Republic V / Mary Townsend
- pt. Three Late Antique Destabilizations
- ch. Eight Divine Mothers: Plotinus' Erotic Productive Causes / Danielle A. Layne
- ch. Nine Beyond Maleness and Femaleness? The Case of the Virgin Goddesses in Proclus' Metaphysics / Jana Schultz
- ch. Ten Hekate and the Liminality of Souls / William Koch
- ch. Eleven Christian Platonists in Support of Gender Equality: Bardaisan, Clement, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Eriugena / Ilaria L. E. Ramelli.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Otherwise than the binary
- ISBN:
- 9781438488790
- 1438488793
- OCLC:
- 1298712608
- Publisher Number:
- 99993524432
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