Aristotle on the matter of form : a feminist metaphysics of generation / Adriel M. Trott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trott, Adriel M., 1976- author.

Series:

Cycles (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Cycles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aristotle.

Matter.

Sex.

Feminist criticism.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 268 pages).

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]

Summary:

Adriel M. Trott argues for an interdependent relationship of form and matter in Aristotle's metaphysics. Responding to feminist critiques from Judith Butler and Luce Irigary, she finds resources for thinking the female's contribution - and the female - on its own terms and not as the contrary to form, or the male.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Aristotle and the History of Sex

1. Feminist Critics of Aristotle’s Biology and Metaphysics

2. Disputes over the Material Contribution of Semen

3. Aristotle on Material

4. The Feminine and the Elemental in Greek Myth, Medicine and Early Philosophy

5. Semen, Menses, Blood: Material in Generation

6. Sex Diff erentiation, Inheritance and the Meaning of Form in Generation

7. Craft and Other Metaphors

Conclusion: On Material in Aristotle’s Biology

Bibliography

Index Locorum

General Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-254) and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7687-2

1-4744-5525-5

OCLC:

1306541484