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OverviewOtherwise Than the Binary approaches canonical texts and concepts in Ancient Greek philosophy and culture that have traditionally been understood as examples of binary thinking, particularly concerning sexual difference. In contrast to such patriarchal logic, the essays within this volume explore how many of these seemingly strict binaries in ancient culture and thought were far more permeable and philosophically nuanced. Each contribution asks if there are ways of thinking of antiquity differently—namely, to examine canonical works through a lens that expounds and even celebrates philosophies of difference so as to discover instances where authors of antiquity valorize and uphold the necessity of what has been seen as feminine, foreign, and/or irrational. As contemporary thinkers turn toward new ways of reading antiquity, these selected studies will inspire other readings of ancient texts through new feminist methodologies and critical vantage points. When examining the philosophers and notable figures of antiquity alongside their overt patriarchal and masculinist agendas, readers are invited to rethink their current biases while also questioning how particular ideas and texts are received and read. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jessica Elbert Decker , Danielle A. Layne , Monica VilhauerPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438488806ISBN 10: 1438488807 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 02 January 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Jessica Elbert Decker and Danielle A. Layne Part I: Myth, Divination, and the Pre-Platonic 1. Was Homer's Circe a Witch? Andrew Gregory 2. The Oracle as Intermediary Sasha Biro 3. The Roots of Life and Death in the Homeric Hymns and Presocratic Philosophy Jessica Elbert Decker 4. The Intelligibility of Difference: Anaxagoras' and Lugones' Ontologies of Separation Holly Moore Part II: Platonic Transformations 5. As Much Mixture as Will Suffice: Socrates' Embodied Intermediacy in Plato's Phaedo and Symposium Hilary Yancey and Anne-Marie Schultz 6. Overturning Soul-Body Dualism in Plato's Timaeus Monica Vilhauer 7. The Argument of Socrates' Action in Republic V Mary Townsend Part III: Late Antique Destabilizations 8. Divine Mothers: Plotinus' Erotic Productive Causes Danielle A. Layne 9. Beyond Maleness and Femaleness? The Case of the Virgin Goddesses in Proclus' Metaphysics Jana Schultz 10. Hekate and the Liminality of Souls William Koch 11. Christian Platonists in Support of Gender Equality: Bardaisan, Clement, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Eriugena Ilaria L. E. Ramelli Contributors IndexReviews"""This volume rests on an innovative impulse to look anew at binaries in Greek thought. The essays take up a range of binaries that historiographies trace back to the Greeks, and it troubles these binaries, while also linking them to sex/gender binaries at the same time. For example, muthos/logos, stasis/change, same/different, male/female, mind/body, and so forth. And as the editors' interest in the marginalized signals, the collection specifically examines these binaries with an eye toward their internal hierarchical relationships (e.g., mind is superior to body) and how these have shaped social ontology. While building on some of the feminist and deconstructive work on this issue, the collection moves considerably beyond that, taking up new texts, figures, and issues. The essays are engaging, intelligent, and certainly will further the productive engagement with these texts."" — Jill Gordon, Colby College" This volume rests on an innovative impulse to look anew at binaries in Greek thought. The essays take up a range of binaries that historiographies trace back to the Greeks, and it troubles these binaries, while also linking them to sex/gender binaries at the same time. For example, muthos/logos, stasis/change, same/different, male/female, mind/body, and so forth. And as the editors' interest in the marginalized signals, the collection specifically examines these binaries with an eye toward their internal hierarchical relationships (e.g., mind is superior to body) and how these have shaped social ontology. While building on some of the feminist and deconstructive work on this issue, the collection moves considerably beyond that, taking up new texts, figures, and issues. The essays are engaging, intelligent, and certainly will further the productive engagement with these texts. - Jill Gordon, Colby College Author InformationJessica Elbert Decker is Associate Professor at California State University San Marcos. Danielle A. Layne is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga University. Monica Vilhauer is Founder of Curious Soul Philosophy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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