{"product_id":"plato-and-sex-stella-sandford-9780745626413","title":"Plato and Sex","description":"What does the study of Plato's 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?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePlato and Sex\u003c\/i\u003e addresses these questions for the first time. Each chapter demonstrates how the modern reception of Plato's 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 Plato's notion of genos, Plato and Sex puts this presupposition into question. With its groundbreaking interpretations of the Republic, the Symposium and the Timaeus, this book opens up a new approach to sex as a philosophical concept.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Including critical readings of the theories of sex and sexuation in Freud and Lacan, and relating such theories to Plato's writings, \u003ci\u003ePlato and Sex\u003c\/i\u003e both questions our assumptions about sex and explains how those assumptions have coloured our understanding of Plato. What results is not only an original reading of some of the most prominent aspects of Plato's philosophy, but a new attempt to think through the meaning of sex today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stella Sandford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745626416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745626413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/07\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2011 pg. 23","brand":"Stella Sandford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925860155647,"sku":"9780745626413","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_19c0acd9-8e79-495d-ab70-149a0070efe4.jpg?v=1681079798","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plato-and-sex-stella-sandford-9780745626413","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}