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Book SynopsisWhat if psychoanalysis had chosen Antigone rather than Oedipus? This book traces the relation between ethics and desire in important philosophical texts that focus on femininity and use Antigone as their model. It shows that the notion of feminine desire is conditioned by a view of women as being prone to excesses and deficiencies in relation to ethical norms and rules.
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The Antigone Complex is an interesting contribution for the understanding of the role of subjectivity in the formation of ethical values and ethical order, giving us a scholarly tour on the connection between ethics and philosophical reflection on feminine desire as well as the importance of
Antigone in the philosophical tradition." --
Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiquesTable of ContentsTable of Contents for The Antigone Complex Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Morality and the Invention of Feminine Desire 2. Sexuality Versus Recognition: Feminine Desire in the Ethical Order 3. The Purest Poema |: Heidegger's Antigone 4. From Oedipus to Antigone: Revisiting the Question of Feminine Desire 5. Family Politics/Family Ethics: Butler, Lacan, and the Thing beyond the Object Notes Bibliography Index
