The Experiences of Tiresias

The Feminine and the Greek Man

Nicole Loraux (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

358 Seiten

2014
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60537-1 (ISBN)

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Nicole Loraux has devoted much of her writing to charting the paths of the Greek "imaginary," revealing a collective masculine psyche fraught with ambivalence as it tries to grasp the differences between nature and culture, body and soul, woman and man. The Experiences of Tiresias, its title referring to the shepherd struck blind after glimpsing Athena's naked body, captures this ambivalence in exploring how the Greek male defines himself in relationship to the feminine. In these essays, Loraux disturbs the idea of virile men and feminine women, a distinction found in official discourse and aimed at protecting the ideals of male identity from any taint of the feminine. Turning to epic and to Socrates, however, she insists on a logic of an inclusiveness between the genders, which casts a shadow over their clear, officially defined borders. The emphasis falls on the body, often associated with feminine vulnerability and weakness, and often dissociated from the ideal of the brave, self-sacrificing male warrior. But heroes such as the Homeric Achilles, who fears yet fights bravely, and Socrates, who speaks of the soul through the language of the body, challenge these representations.
The anatomy of pain, the heroics of childbirth, the sorrows of tears, the warrior's wounds, and the madness of the soul: all these experiences are shown to engage with both the masculine and the feminine in ways that do not denigrate the experiences for either gender. Originally published in 1995. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

List of Abbreviations and KeywordsIntroduction: The Feminine Operator3Pt. 1Women, Men, and AfflictionCh. 1Bed and War23Ch. 2Ponos: Some Difficulties Regarding the Term for "Labor"44Pt. 2The Weaknesses of StrengthCh. 3The Spartans' "Beautiful Death"63Ch. 4The Warrior's Fear and Trembling75Ch. 5The Wounds of Virility88Ch. 6The Strangled Body101Ch. 7Herakles: The Supermale and the Feminine116Pt. 3Socrates Is a Man (Philosophical Interlude)Ch. 8Therefore, Socrates Is Immortal145Ch. 9Socrates, Plato, Herakles: A Heroic Paradigm of the Philosopher167Pt. 4What Woman?Ch. 10And the Mothers' Case Dismissed183Ch. 11The Phantom of Sexuality194Ch. 12What Tiresias Saw211Conclusion: Feminine Nature in History227Notes249Selected Bibliography333Glossary of Essential Terms and Names339Index345

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2014
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Legacy Library
Übersetzer	Paula Wissing
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	482 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-691-60537-8 / 0691605378
ISBN-13	978-0-691-60537-1 / 9780691605371
Zustand	Neuware