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This book introduces feminist voices into the study of Platonic and Aristotelian texts that modern Western philosophy has treated as foundational. The book concerns the extent to which Platonic and Aristotelian texts are (un)redeemably sexist, masculinist, or phallocentric.
"This book presents a lively sense of cutting-edge feminist dialogue on the canonical works. While gender is at the center, the issues range from class structure to dualism to science to morality to epistemology. The Western philosophical tradition, including foundations of dualism and assumptions about neglect of women, is given a thorough reworking here." — Inez Alfors, State University of New York, College at Oswego
"This book tackles areas of Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy traditionally overlooked by feminists (e.g., Aristotelian science). The contributors provide us with textual evidence for new interpretations of canonical texts, and in doing so they offer a new vision of the canon itself." — Diane Raymond, Simmons College
Preface
Introduction
Bat-Ami Bar On
Part One: Plato
Hairy Cobblers and Philosopher-Queens
Elizabeth V. Spelman
Eros and Epistemology
Christine Pierce
Feminist Dialectics: Plato and Dualism
Judith Genova
Overcoming Dualism: The Importance of the Intermediate in Plato's Philebus
Cynthia Hampton
Diotima Speaks Through the Body
Susan Hawthorne
Part Two: Aristotle
Who's Who in the Polis
Elizabeth V. Spelman
Women, Slaves, and "Love of Toil" in Aristotle's Moral Philosophy
Eve Browning Cole
Nourishing Speculation: A Feminist Reading of Aristotelian Science
Cynthia A. Freeland
Aristotle and the Politics of Reproduction
Nancy Tuana
Aristotle: Women, Deliberation, and Nature
Deborah K. W. Modrak
Aristotle on the Woman's Soul
Christine M. Senack
Suggestions for Further Reading
Contributors
Index