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The essays in this anthology explore the full spectrum of Plato's philosopy and represent a variety of perspectives in feminist criticism. The essays include discussions of Plato's social and political theory, the place of women in the state and feminism within Plato's metaphysics and epistemology.

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I Plato on Women

1. Gregory Vlastos/Was Plato a Feminist?

2. Janet Farrell Smith/Plato, Irony, and Equality

3. Monique Canto/The Politics of Women's Bodies: Reflections on Plato (translated by Arthur Goldhammer)

4. Arlene W. Saxonhouse/The Philosopher and the Female in the Political Thought of Plato

5. Elizabeth Spelman/Hairy Cobblers and Philosopher-Queens

6. Natalie Harris Bluestone/Why Women Cannot Rule: Sexism in Plato Scholarship

Part II Plato and the Feminine

7. Page duBois/The Platonic Appropriation of Reproduction

8. Wendy Brown/"Supposing Truth Were A Women. . .": Plato's Subversion of Masculine Discourse

9. Luce Irigaray/Sorcerer Love: A Reading of Plato's Symposium, Diotima's Speech (translated by Eleanor H. Kuykendall)

10. Andrea Nye/Irigaray and Diotima at Plato's Symposium

11. Cynthia Hampton/Overcoming Dualism: The Importance of the Intermediate in Plato's Philebus

12. Nancy Tuana and William Cowling/The Presence and Absence of the Feminine in Plato's Philosophy

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Notes on Contributors

Index

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      Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
      Publication Date: 9/15/1994 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780271010441, 978-0271010441
      ISBN10: 0271010444
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The essays in this anthology explore the full spectrum of Plato's philosopy and represent a variety of perspectives in feminist criticism. The essays include discussions of Plato's social and political theory, the place of women in the state and feminism within Plato's metaphysics and epistemology.

      Table of Contents

      Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Part I Plato on Women

      1. Gregory Vlastos/Was Plato a Feminist?

      2. Janet Farrell Smith/Plato, Irony, and Equality

      3. Monique Canto/The Politics of Women's Bodies: Reflections on Plato (translated by Arthur Goldhammer)

      4. Arlene W. Saxonhouse/The Philosopher and the Female in the Political Thought of Plato

      5. Elizabeth Spelman/Hairy Cobblers and Philosopher-Queens

      6. Natalie Harris Bluestone/Why Women Cannot Rule: Sexism in Plato Scholarship

      Part II Plato and the Feminine

      7. Page duBois/The Platonic Appropriation of Reproduction

      8. Wendy Brown/"Supposing Truth Were A Women. . .": Plato's Subversion of Masculine Discourse

      9. Luce Irigaray/Sorcerer Love: A Reading of Plato's Symposium, Diotima's Speech (translated by Eleanor H. Kuykendall)

      10. Andrea Nye/Irigaray and Diotima at Plato's Symposium

      11. Cynthia Hampton/Overcoming Dualism: The Importance of the Intermediate in Plato's Philebus

      12. Nancy Tuana and William Cowling/The Presence and Absence of the Feminine in Plato's Philosophy

      Select Bibliography

      Notes on Contributors

      Index

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