TY - BOOK ID - 85167307 TI - Personification and the feminine in Roman philosophy PY - 2016 SN - 131668489X 1316685160 1316685438 1316686515 1316685705 1316226700 110710596X 1107513847 1316683273 9781316686515 9781316686515 9781316685709 9781316226704 9781107105966 9781107513846 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Subjectivity. KW - Philosophical anthropology. KW - Human beings. KW - Feminism. KW - Philosophy, Ancient. KW - Ancient philosophy KW - Greek philosophy KW - Philosophy, Greek KW - Philosophy, Roman KW - Roman philosophy KW - Emancipation of women KW - Feminist movement KW - Women KW - Women's lib KW - Women's liberation KW - Women's liberation movement KW - Women's movement KW - Social movements KW - Anti-feminism KW - Homo sapiens KW - Human race KW - Humanity (Human beings) KW - Humankind KW - Humans KW - Man KW - Mankind KW - People KW - Hominids KW - Persons KW - Anthropology, Philosophical KW - Man (Philosophy) KW - Civilization KW - Life KW - Ontology KW - Humanism KW - Philosophy of mind KW - Subjectivism KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - Relativity KW - Emancipation KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85167307 AB - While the central ideal of Roman philosophy exemplified by Lucretius, Cicero and Seneca appears to be the masculine values of self-sufficiency and domination, this book argues, through close attention to metaphor and figures, that the Romans also recognized, as constitutive parts of human experience, what for them were feminine concepts such as embodiment, vulnerability and dependency. Expressed especially in the personification of grammatically feminine nouns such as Nature and Philosophy 'herself', the Roman's recognition of this private 'feminine' part of himself presents a contrast with his acknowledged, public self and challenges the common philosophical narrative of the emergence of subjectivity and individuality with modernity. To meet this challenge, Alex Dressler offers both theoretical exposition and case studies, developing robust typologies of personification and personhood that will be useable for a variety of subjects beyond classics, including rhetoric, comparative literature, gender studies, political theory and the history of ideas. ER -