MEN, WOMEN, WAR, AND POLITICS: FAMILY AND POLIS IN ARISTOPHANES AND EURIPIDES
In: Political theory: an international journal of political philosophy, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 65-81
ISSN: 0090-5917
FEMALE HAS BEEN STUDIED BY THE MAJOR POLITICAL PHILOSOPHERS OF THE PAST PRIMARILY IN HER ROLE AS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OR HOUSEHOLD. THIS ESSAY DISCUSSES 3 PLAYS WRITTEN DURING A PERIOD WHEN A SELF-CONSCIOUS APPRAISAL OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE CITIZEN AS A MEMBER OF THE STATE & ALSO AS A MEMBER OF A FAMILY WAS FIRST EMERGING IN ANCIENT GREECE. CONVERTING PRIVATE INTO PUBLIC CONCERNS IS THE FOCUS.