SANDFORD STELLA

(P/B) PLATO AND SEX
What does the study of Platos dialogues tell us about the modern meaning of sex? How can recent developments in the philosophy of sex and gender help us read these ancient texts anew? Plato and Sex addresses these questions for the first time. Each chapter demonstrates how the modern reception of Platos works ? in both mainstream and feminist philosophy and psychoanalytical theory - has presupposed a natural-biological conception of what sex might mean. Through a critical comparison between our current understanding of sex and Platos notio...
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(P/B) THE METAPHYSICS OF LOVE - GENDER & TRANSCENDENCE IN LEVINA
Levinas's place in the popular philosophical imagination can be summed up in the phrase 'ethics as first philosophy'. In the Anglo-American philosophical world Levinas is best known for having reintroduced the question of ethics into the so-called 'Continental' philosophical tradition. Furthermore, it is through Levinas's profound yet often hidden influence that the 'Other' has become one of the key concepts in much contemporary work, not only in philosophy but also, for example, in feminist and postcolonial theory. However, the main thesi...
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