Description: Uninvited by Carrie Jenkins, Carla Nappi A historian and a philosopher respond in poetry to Platos Symposium. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Platos Symposium depicts a group of men giving a series of speeches about the nature of love, with themes ranging from religion and metaphysics to medicine and pregnancy. The lone woman in the room, a "flute girl," is sent away as the discussion turns to serious matters; at the same time, the wisest of the men attributes his theories to a woman, the possibly fictional Diotima. Despite their absence from this important intellectual exchange, women are part of Symposium. What can contemporary feminist readers do with this troubling yet immeasurably influential work? In Uninvited historian Carla Nappi and philosopher Carrie Jenkins talk back to Plato in poetry, inspired by the voices of women characters who were not previously permitted to speak. Images and ideas from Symposium are refracted through multiple lenses to reveal a tumult of mystical, intellectual, pedagogical, and sexual ideologies. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes horrific, these poems dance within and between the lines of Symposium, carving space for new kinds of conversations about love, with themes ranging from gender and voice to power and violence. Designed to be read with or without prior knowledge of Plato, this book invites the uninvited to join a strange, amorphous, and unending conversation on the nature of love and desire - and on the possibilities intellectual and creative activity can offer. Author Biography Carrie Jenkins is Canada Research Chair and professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia. Carla Nappi is a historical pataphysician who holds the Andrew W. Mellon Chair in History at the University of Pittsburgh. Promotional A historian and a philosopher respond in poetry to Platos Symposium. Promotional "Headline" A historian and a philosopher respond in poetry to Platos Symposium. Details ISBN0228001315 Author Carla Nappi Short Title Uninvited Pages 112 Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 0228001315 ISBN-13 9780228001317 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-05-21 Subtitle Talking Back to Plato UK Release Date 2020-05-21 Imprint McGill-Queens University Press Place of Publication Montreal Country of Publication Canada Publisher McGill-Queens University Press DEWEY 811.6 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133113022;
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Book Title: Uninvited: Talking Back to Plato
Item Height: 229mm
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Author: Carrie Jenkins, Carla Nappi
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Popular Philosophy, Poetry
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Publication Year: 2020
Item Weight: 454g
Number of Pages: 112 Pages
