Plato and the metaphysical feminine [electronic resource] : one hundred and one nights / Irene Han.

"Plato and the Metaphysical Feminine offers a new interpretation of the role of the female and the feminine in Plato's political dialogues--the Republic, Laws, and Timaeus--informed by Deleuze's film theory and Irigaray's psychoanalytic feminism. Irene Han reads Plato against the grain in order to c...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Classics in theory.
Main Author: Han, Irene (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Series:Classics in theory.
Subjects:
Plato > Criticism and interpretation.
Plato. > Republic.
Femininity (Philosophy)
Online Access:
Oxford Scholarship Online 2023: 2023 (Oxford Academic)
Oxford Scholarship Online: 2023 (Oxford Academic)
Variant Title:
Plato and the Metaphysical Feminine: One Hundred and One Nights
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Goodbye to language : the Chōra in the Timaeus
  • La Nouvelle Vague : the Liquid Feminine in Republic Book V
  • In the realm of the senses : sensual abandon in Republic Book VIII
  • Untitled : material expressions in the Laws Book III
  • Conclusion.