Plato and the metaphysical feminine : one hundred and one nights

Plato and the metaphysical feminine : one hundred and one nights / Irene Han

This volume offers a new interpretation of the role of the female and the feminine in Plato's political dialogues. Irene Han provides a reading of Plato's philosophy informed by contemporary theory to demonstrate the centrality of processes of becoming for Platonic accounts of Being.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Han, Irene (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, [2023].
Series:Classics in theory.
Subjects:
Plato > Criticism and interpretation.
Plato
Femininity (Philosophy)
History of philosophy, philosophical traditions.
Philosophy.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • I.1 Enjeux (Stakes)
  • I.2 La touche française (The French Touch)
  • I.3 Summary
  • 1: Goodbye to Language: The Chōra in the Timaeus
  • 1.1 Space
  • 1.2 hysteron proteron (Later Earlier)
  • 1.3 Genesis
  • 1.4 Eden
  • 2: La Nouvelle Vague: The Liquid Feminine in Republic Book V
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 meta andreion drama (After the Manly Drama)
  • 2.3 First Wave
  • 2.4 Second Wave
  • 2.5 Third Wave
  • 2.6 Couvade
  • 2.7 Conclusion
  • 3: In the Realm of the Senses: Sensual Abandon in Republic Book VIII
  • 3.1 The Time-Image
  • 3.2 Muses
  • 3.3 The Beginning of the End
  • 3.4 The End of the Beginning
  • 4: Untitled: Material Expressions in the Laws Book III
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Brise Marine
  • 4.3 Window Water Baby Moving
  • 4.4 The Red Circle
  • 4.5 Conclusion
  • Conclusion.

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