The Woman Question in Plato's Republic

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Ancient
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Author: Mary Townsend ISBN: 9781498542708
Publisher: Lexington Books Publication: August 7, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books Language: English
Author: Mary Townsend
ISBN: 9781498542708
Publisher: Lexington Books
Publication: August 7, 2017
Imprint: Lexington Books
Language: English

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.

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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 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.

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