The heterosexual body as metaphor in Plato's religious city
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4373014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michel Despland (Concordia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-50 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-721X • E-ISSN: 1096-1151 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0048-721x(91)90027-n |
| OpenAlex | W2085277897 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
After establishing the full scope of the religious, social and political reform measures presented by Plato in his book on Laws, the article applies to this fictitious society the methods of analysis that Mary Douglas elaborated in the course of studying real ones. The application makes some features of the proposed city manifest. Life in it is shown to fit the nature and needs of heterosexual bodies. The erotic basis of the writer's rhetorical appeal is also made apparent
Aesthetics · Appeal · Art · Epistemology · Literature · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Theology · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
Greek Political Theory
Du Contrat Social, by J. J. Rousseau, Edmond Dreyfus-Brissac
Implicit Meanings
Mysticism and Morality
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual
Plato's Cretan City
Eros and Irony, a Prelude to Philosophical Anarchism
Purity and Danger
The new science of politics
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Sociologie et anthropologie
Critique d'une systématisation
Le chasseur noir et l'origine de l'éphébie athénienne
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |