The woman question in Plato's Republic
In this book, Mary Townsend proposes that, contrary to the current scholarship on Plato's Republic, Socrates does not in fact set out to prove the weakness of women. Rather, she argues that close attention to the drama of the Republic reveals that Plato dramatizes the reluctance of men to allow...
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| Формат: | Электронная книга |
| Язык: | English |
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Lanham
Lexington Books,
[2017]
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| Online-ссылка: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
| Итог: | In this book, Mary Townsend proposes that, contrary to the current scholarship on Plato's Republic, Socrates does not in fact set out to prove the weakness of women. Rather, she argues that close attention to the drama of the Republic reveals that Plato dramatizes the reluctance of men to allow women into the public sphere and offers a deeply aporetic vision of women's nature and political position--a vision full of concern not only for the human community, but for the desires of women themselves. --! From back cover. |
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| Объем: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 223 pages) |
| Библиография: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781498542708 1498542700 |