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The Community of Women in Plato’s Republic
| Resumo: | The way in which Plato articulates his discourse about women in Book V of Republic gives rise to a contradiction. On the one hand, women are granted rights and released from male domination in 453a-457b but are again placed as male property in 457d-466c. This ambiguity has given rise to a profuse debate about whether Plato really subscribed to women's equality or whether he considers them to be the property of men. In the present paper, I suggest an interpretation of this ambiguity as a rhetorical effect that reveals the patriarchal character of the language that surrounds the very institution of the oîkos and goes beyond the question about the author's intentions. |
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| Autores principais: | Sonna, María Valeria |
| Assunto: | politeia oikos koinonia mujeres Politeia Oikos Koinonia politeia oikos koinonia mulheres |
| Ano: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | IBICT |
| Idioma: | espanhol |
| Origem: | Oasisbr |
| Resumo: | The way in which Plato articulates his discourse about women in Book V of Republic gives rise to a contradiction. On the one hand, women are granted rights and released from male domination in 453a-457b but are again placed as male property in 457d-466c. This ambiguity has given rise to a profuse debate about whether Plato really subscribed to women's equality or whether he considers them to be the property of men. In the present paper, I suggest an interpretation of this ambiguity as a rhetorical effect that reveals the patriarchal character of the language that surrounds the very institution of the oîkos and goes beyond the question about the author's intentions. |
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