The woman question in Plato's Republic /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Townsend, Mary (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
Subjects:
Plato. > Republic.
Plato > v427-v347 > Res publica
Börngen, ...
Republic (Plato)
Sex role > Philosophy.
Women > Political activity > Philosophy.
Rôle selon le sexe > Philosophie.
Femmes > Activité politique > Philosophie.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
Sex role > Philosophy
Frauenemanzipation
Soziale Stellung
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The action of the argument
  • The drama of Glaucon's aporia
  • The conflict of Thumos and Eros in the hunt
  • Taming the hunting women
  • Women and men, exercising naked, together
  • Hera, Artemis, and the political problem of privacy
  • Socrates' proposal of robes of virtue
  • The tragedy of the philosopher-king
  • Woman is a political animal.

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