Engendering Origins

Bat-Ami Bar On is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Women's Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

"This book presents a lively sense of cutting-edge feminist dialogue on the canonical works. While gender is at the center, the issues range from class structure to dualism to science to morality to epistemology. The Western philosophical tradition, including foundations of dualism and assumptions about neglect of women, is given a thorough reworking here." — Inez Alfors, State University of New York, College at Oswego"This book tackles areas of Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy traditionally overlooked by feminists (e.g., Aristotelian science). The contributors provide us with textual evidence for new interpretations of canonical texts, and in doing so they offer a new vision of the canon itself." — Diane Raymond, Simmons College

• Preface IntroductionBat-Ami Bar On Part One: Plato Hairy Cobblers and Philosopher-QueensElizabeth V. Spelman Eros and EpistemologyChristine Pierce Feminist Dialectics: Plato and DualismJudith Genova Overcoming Dualism: The Importance of the Intermediate in Plato's PhilebusCynthia Hampton Diotima Speaks Through the BodySusan Hawthorne Part Two: Aristotle Who's Who in the PolisElizabeth V. Spelman Women, Slaves, and "Love of Toil" in Aristotle's Moral PhilosophyEve Browning Cole Nourishing Speculation: A Feminist Reading of Aristotelian ScienceCynthia A. Freeland Aristotle and the Politics of ReproductionNancy Tuana Aristotle: Women, Deliberation, and NatureDeborah K. W. Modrak Aristotle on the Woman's SoulChristine M. Senack Suggestions for Further Reading Contributors Index