Sex and the Second-Best City - Sex and Society in the Laws of Plato

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth Royce Moore Klappentext Sex and the Second-Best City deals with the topics of sex and society in the Laws of Plato with recourse to historical context and modern critical theory. It examines reconstructions of ancient "sexuality" with a view to increased clarification. The text of the Laws is considered, along with many of its literary qualities, its influences and the utopian plan that it proposes. Zusammenfassung Including recent literary analysis and material currently at the forefront of Classics, Sex and the Second-Best City deals with the topic of sex and society in the Laws of Plato with recourse to historical context and modern critical theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations Currency Conversion Preface 1. Modern Theory, Ancient 'Sexuality' 2. The Laws in Context 3. Educating Magnesia: Developmental Psychology and Sex Role Stereotyping. 4. ANAPEIA: A Special Definition for Magnesia 5. Sex, the Myth of the Family and Plato's Stepchildren 6. A Brave New Femininity 7. Magnesian Moral Hygiene: Same-Sex Relations, Pleasure and Madness 8. General Conclusions Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth Royce Moore, Kenneth Royce T. Moore, Moore Kenneth Royce
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.07.2005
• EAN: 9780415972734
• ISBN: 978-0-415-97273-4
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: Studies in Classics; Studies in Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation