Socrates and Diotima : Sexuality, Religion, and the Nature of Divinity

Name: Socrates and Diotima
Brand: Palgrave Macmillan
SKU: 9781137516015
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ISBN: 9781137516015

1st ed. 2015

by Andrea Nye

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Format Hardback

Book Series Breaking Feminist Waves

ISBN-10 1137516011

ISBN-13 9781137516015

Edition 1st ed. 2015

Publisher Palgrave Macmillan

Imprint Palgrave Macmillan

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 6th, 2015

Print length 243 Pages

Weight 448 grams

Dimensions 14.80 x 22.40 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Ancient Greek religion & mythology Feminism and feminist theory Feminism & feminist theory Ancient Greek religion and mythology

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Few women's voices have survived from the antiquity period, but evidence shows that, especially in the area of religion, women were influential in Greek culture.

Since the beginnings of monotheism, religion has seemed to be at war with sexuality and with women. From the crusades of Hebrew prophets against the fertility deities of Canaan, to contemporary Catholic campaigns against contraception and homosexuality, to the suppression of women in Islam, Western religions have demonized both Eros and femininity. In Socrates and Diotima, Andrea Nye draws on the teaching of Socrates''s priestly mentor in "matters of love" in the Symposium to recover the sacred Eros that constitutes in many pre-monotheist religious traditions a transcendent spark of immortality at the heart of mortal life. Stripping away centuries of Neo-Platonist and Christian commentary, she shows how that spiritual knowledge was lost and how it might be regained to re-vitalize ethical commitment, provide access to divinity, and offer non-credulous consolation in the face of death.

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