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Aristotle on Sexual Difference - Metaphysics, Biology, Politics (Hardcover)
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Aristotle on Sexual Difference - Metaphysics, Biology, Politics (Hardcover)
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Aristotle's remarks about the differences between the sexes have
become infamous for their implications for the social status of
women. In his observations on female biology, Aristotle claims that
"the female nature is, as it were, a deformity." In describing
women's role in the public sphere, he claims that women are
naturally subordinate because, while they possess a deliberative
faculty, that capacity is "without authority." While both claims
express the "inferiority" of female bodies/women relative to male
bodies/men, it is not self-evident that the defects Aristotle
identifies in female biology have cognitive or moral manifestations
that would justify the rule of men over women in political life.
Marguerite Deslauriers here aims to construct a coherent picture of
Aristotle's views on sexual and gender-based difference from these
remarks and to show the extent to which his views on female biology
and women's role in politics are causally connected. Without
exculpating Aristotle from charges of misogyny, Deslauriers
contextualizes his explanations of the role and origin of female
animals in his biology and the role of women in his political
philosophy; she shows how Aristotle developed these views and the
importance they hold for his wider philosophical commitments. She
then explores how Aristotle might have seen the link between the
physiology of sex and the bearing it has on political life. She
ultimately argues that in Aristotle's conception of sexual
difference in biology and politics, there is a tension between his
view of the inferiority of female bodies and women and his
commitment to the idea that females and women are valuable both for
generation and for the political life characteristic of human
beings. In this tension she finds a difference between Aristotle
and his predecessors: while previous accounts associate sexual
difference with affliction, Aristotle sees sexual difference as a
benefit, both to a species and a political community. This volume
will be of interest to philosophers and students interested in
ancient philosophy, feminist philosophy, as well as those studying
moral and political philosophy.
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