Interrogating Antigone in Postmodern Philosophy and Criticism

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-955921-3
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 828 g

Reihe: Classical Presences

A distinguished group of contributors provide the reader with a rich variety of interpretations of Antigone
Applies postmodern critical methods to a universal figure in cultural history
Offers new insights into how patriarchal discourse (especially in philosophy and psychoanalysis) has disenfranchised women

Antigone has become a major figure in current cultural discourse thanks to the late twentieth-century interpretations by such controversial theorists as Lacan, Derrida, Irigaray, Zizek, and Judith Butler. This collection of articles by distinguished scholars from a variety of intellectual disciplines (including philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism, theatre, and the classics) provides a postmodern perspective on the ethical and political issues raised by this ancient text and recent theatrical productions. The contributors provide an array of perspectives on a female figure who questions the role of the patriarchal state.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of classics, literature, cultural studies, philosophy, psychoanalysis, gender studies, and theatre/performance studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilmer, S. E.

Zukauskaite, Audrone

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Rezeption, literarische Einflüsse und Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Feministische Philosophie, Gender Studies
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatursoziologie, Gender Studies

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Philosophy and Politics
1: Tina Chanter: Antigone's Political Legacies: Abjection in Defiance of Mourning
2: Cecilia Sjöholm: Naked Life: Arendt and the Exile at Colonus
3: Audrone Zukauskaite: Biopolitics: Antigone's Claim
4: Eugene O'Brien: The Body Politic: The Ethics of Responsibility and the Responsibility of Ethics
2. Psychoanalysis and the Law
5: Terry Eagleton: Lacan's Antigone
6: Mark Griffith: Psychoanalysing `Antigone'
7: Calum Neill: One Amongst Many: The Ethical Significance of `Antigone' and the Films of Lars Von Trier
8: Ahuvia Kahane: `Antigone', Antigone: Lacan and the Structure of the Law
9: Judith Fletcher: Sophocles' `Antigone' and the Democratic Voice
10: Klaas Tindemans: `Antigone' and the Law: Legal Theory and the Ambiguities of Performance
3. Gender and Kinship
11: Luce Irigaray: Antigone: Between Myth and History/Antigone's Legacy
12: Bracha Ettinger: Antigone with(out) Jocaste
13: Liz Appel: Autochthonous Antigone: Breaking Ground
14: Isabelle Torrance: Antigone and her Brother: What Sort of Special Relationship?
15: Martina Meyer: Reclaiming Femininity: Antigone's 'Choice' in Art and Art History
4. Translations, Adaptations, and Performance
16: Deborah Roberts: Reading `Antigone' in Translation: Text, Paratext, Intertext
17: Sean Kirkland: Speed and Tragedy in Cocteau and Sophocles
18: Erika Fischer-Lichte: Politicizing `Antigone'
19: Florencia Nelli: From Ancient Greek Drama to Argentina's `Dirty War'. `Antígona Furiosa': on Bodies and the State
20: Astrid van Weyenberg: Revolutionary Muse: Fémi Òsófisan's `Tègònni: An African Antigone'
21: S. E. Wilmer: Performing `Antigone' in the Twenty-First Century

Über Autor(innen)

Edited by S. E. Wilmer, Head of the School of Drama, Film, and Music, Trinity College Dublin, and Audrone Zukauskaite, Senior researcher at the Culture, Philosophy, and Arts Research Institute, Vilnius

Contributors:
Liz Appel, Yale University
Tina Chanter, DePaul University, Chicago
Terry Eagleton, University of Manchester
Bracha Ettinger, European Graduate School, Switzerland
Erika Fischer-Lichte, Freie Universitat, Berlin
Judith Fletcher, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
Mark Griffith, University of California at Berkeley
Luce Irigaray, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique & University of Liverpool
Ahuvia Kahane, Royal Holloway, University of London
Sean Kirkland, DePaul University, Chicago
Martina Meyer, Stanford University
Calum Neill, Napier University
Maria Florencia Nelli, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Eugene O'Brien, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Deborah Roberts, Haverford College
Cecilia Sjöholm, Södertörn University, Stockholm
Klaas Tindemans, University of Antwerp
Isabelle Torrance, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Astrid van Weyenberg, University of Amsterdam
S. E.Wilmer, Trinity College Dublin
Audrone Zukauskaite, Culture, Philosophy, and Arts Research Institute, Vilnius