Abstract

SONNA, María Valeria. The Community of Women in Plato’s Republic. Rev. Estud. Fem. [online]. 2022, vol.30, n.1, e75479.  Epub Jan 01, 2022. ISSN 1806-9584.  https://doi.org/10.1590/1806-9584-2022v30n175479.

The way in which Plato articulates his discourse about women in Book V of Republic gives rise to a contradiction. On the one hand, women are granted rights and released from male domination in 453a-457b but are again placed as male property in 457d-466c. This ambiguity has given rise to a profuse debate about whether Plato really subscribed to women's equality or whether he considers them to be the property of men. In the present paper, I suggest an interpretation of this ambiguity as a rhetorical effect that reveals the patriarchal character of the language that surrounds the very institution of the oîkos and goes beyond the question about the author's intentions.

Keywords : Politeia; Oikos; Koinonia; Women.

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