Medea's Violence
Apathy as a Politics of Withdrawal
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 4070741 |
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| Autores | Jonas Heller (0000-0002-3214-0724, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2024 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Fascículo | 3 |
| Páginas | 193-215 |
| Data de publicação | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | New German Critique (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0094-033X • E-ISSN: 1558-1462 |
| Editora | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/0094033x-11309249 |
| OpenAlex | W4404749906 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 22 |
This article explores the political implications of the figure of Medea by analyzing the affinity between violence and nonviolence in her actions. A new reading of two versions of the mythical material-the apparently violent Medea in Euripides's tragedy, and the apparently nonviolent Medea in Christa Wolf's novel, Medea: Stimmen-shows that her actions, which have no means at their disposal, are effective in that they exercise a form of active apathy: Medea acts by withdrawing from the effects of the patriarchal order, especially in her refusal of the affects that are expected from her. This interpretation shows that, far from being a madwoman, Medea is a stoic, capable, and effective in action
Apathy · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Classical Antiquity Studies · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
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| Altamente citado | Não |