The Community of Women in Plato’s Republic
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 de...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Estudos Feministas |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufsc.br:article/75479 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/75479 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | politeia oikos koinonia mujeres Politeia Oikos Koinonia mulheres |
| Sumario: | 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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