Sex and the Second-Best City: Sex and Society in the Laws of Plato / Edition 1

by Kenneth Royce Moore

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415972734
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/19/2005
Series:	Studies in Classics , #14
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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