{"product_id":"pythagorean-women-philosophers-dorota-m-dutsch-9780198859031","title":"Pythagorean Women Philosophers: Between Belief and Suspicion","description":"Women played an important part in Pythagorean communities, so Greek sources from the Classical era to Byzantium consistently maintain. Pseudonymous philosophical texts by Theano, Pythagoras' disciple or wife, his daughter Myia, and other female Pythagoreans, circulated in Greek and Syriac. Far from being individual creations, these texts rework and revise a standard Pythagorean script. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat can we learn from this network of sayings, philosophical treatises, and letters about gender and knowledge in the Greek intellectual tradition? Can these writings represent the work of historical Pythagorean women? If so, can we find in them a critique of the dominant order or strategies of resistance? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn search of answers to these questions, \u003cem\u003ePythagorean Women Philosophers\u003c\/em\u003e examines Plato's dialogues, fragmentary historians, and little-known testimonies to women's contributions to Pythagorean thought. Adopting Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics, Dutsch approaches such testimonies with a mixture of suspicion and belief. This approach allows the reader to alternate critique of the epistemic regimes that produced ancient texts with a hopeful reading, one which recognizes female knowledge and agency. Dutsch contends that the value of the Pythagorean text-network lies not in what it may represent but in what it is -- a fictionalized version of Greek intellectual history that makes place for women philosophers. The book traces this alternative history, challenging us to rethink our own account of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorota M. Dutsch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198859031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198859031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Dorota M. Dutsch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43983410233599,"sku":"9780198859031","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e55699b6-1f88-433c-8705-27b11427176f.jpg?v=1683266478","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pythagorean-women-philosophers-dorota-m-dutsch-9780198859031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}