{"product_id":"plato-and-sex-hardback-9780745626406","title":"Plato and Sex (Hardback) 9780745626406","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlato and Sex\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStella Sandford (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745626406, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 July 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.467 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A groundbreaking work in feminist philosophy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Formations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A serious contribution to scholarship in the field of ancient philosophy as well as a serious contribution to feminist philosophy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eRadical Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003ePlato and Sex\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking treatment of the role of sex in Plato's dialogues. An extended commentary on and source of support for recent attempts to denaturalize our concepts of sex and gender, the book is a major contribution to feminist approaches to Plato, to gender\/sexuality studies of Plato, and to gender\/sexuality studies as a whole.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDeborah Achtenberg, University of Nevada\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This is an original new contribution to the debate on the limits of the concepts of sex and gender. Sandford questions traditional and feminist interpretations of Plato with equal power and insight, and opens a new possibility for conceptualizing human existence. This is not a request for a return to Ancient forms of thinking but a critical argument which works for the present.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSara Heinämaa, University of Helsinki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Sandford offers the intriguing idea that, in interpreting Plato, the categories of man and woman, male and female, are not to be construed as natural-biological ones, but as moral categories, thus explaining the evolution (or rather, devolution) of women, as inferior souls, from men, as superior souls. The study should prove a welcome addition to the intersection of various disciplines, including feminist theory, philosophy and classics.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJulie Ward, Loyola University Chicago\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat does the study of Plato’s dialogues tell us about the modern meaning of ‘sex’? How can recent developments in the philosophy of sex and gender help us read these ancient texts anew?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePlato and Sex\u003c\/i\u003e addresses these questions for the first time. Each chapter demonstrates how the modern reception of Plato’s works Ð in both mainstream and feminist philosophy and psychoanalytical theory Ð has presupposed a ‘natural-biological’ conception of what sex might mean. Through a critical comparison between our current understanding of sex and Plato’s notion of genos, Plato and Sex puts this presupposition into question. With its groundbreaking interpretations of the Republic, the Symposium and the Timaeus, this book opens up a new approach to sex as a philosophical concept.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Including critical readings of the theories of sex and sexuation in Freud and Lacan, and relating such theories to Plato’s writings, \u003ci\u003ePlato and Sex\u003c\/i\u003e both questions our assumptions about sex and explains how those assumptions have coloured our understanding of Plato. What results is not only an original reading of some of the most prominent aspects of Plato’s philosophy, but a new attempt to think through the meaning of sex today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Sex and Genos (Republic) 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Origin of Sex: Aristophanes, Freud and Lacan (Symposium) 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 ‘Eros’ and ‘Sexuality’, Plato and Freud (Symposium) 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 ‘I, a Man, am Pregnant and Give Birth’ (Symposium) 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Of Gods and Men: The Natural Beginning of Sex (Timaeus) 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda: The Idea of ‘Sex’ 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 207\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406586016024,"sku":"9780745626406","price":49.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745626406.jpg?v=1784140451","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/plato-and-sex-hardback-9780745626406","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}