Gender and Sexuality in Stoic Philosophy

The first book to examine Stoicism from the point of view of gender
Brings gender from the margins into the center of philosophical inquiry, and casts new light on many familiar Stoic texts as well as may less-studied ones
Focuses on the intimacy of sexual relations and close human bonds, thereby challenging the traditional characterization of the Stoics as an utterly unemotional and detached

The first book to examine Stoicism from the point of view of gender Brings gender from the margins into the center of philosophical inquiry, and casts new light on many familiar Stoic texts as well as may less-studied ones Focuses on the intimacy of sexual relations and close human bonds, thereby challenging the traditional characterization of the Stoics as an utterly unemotional and detached

Autorentext

Malin Grahn-Wilder is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Jyväskylä and a teacher of gender studies at the University of Helsinki. She worked on this book while she was a visiting scholar at the Columbia University in the City of New York in 2016. She has formerly published articles on Ancient philosophy and gender in several anthologies, and she also works professionally as a dancer and dance educator.

Zusammenfassung
The first book to examine Stoicism from the point of view of gender
Brings gender from the margins into the center of philosophical inquiry, and casts new light on many familiar Stoic texts as well as may less-studied ones
Focuses on the intimacy of sexual relations and close human bonds, thereby challenging the traditional characterization of the Stoics as an utterly unemotional and detached

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The Origin of Gender: Myths and Biology.- 3. Semen, Zeus and the Birth of Cosmos: Gender in Stoic Cosmogony and Cosmology.- 4. The Metaphysical Insignificance of Gender.- 5. Perfumed Men and Bearded Philosophers The Stoics on Signs of Gender.- 6. Fiery and Cold Natures Stoic Physiognomics of Gender.- 7. Fiery and Cold Natures Stoic Physiognomics of Gender.- 8. The Stoics on Equal Educability of Girls and Boys, and the Origin Gendered Characteristics.- 9. To Become Properly Manly Gender, Happiness and the Figure of the Sage.- 10. How to Take 'Certain Spasms' Calmly Sexuality in Stoic Philosophical Therapy.- 11. Gender, Politics and Economics: from Plato's Utopianism to Cynic Radicalism.- 12. Holding Women in Common Gender in Early Stoic Utopias.- 13. Is it Possible to Marry and Be Happy? The Later Stoics on Matrimony and Modes of Life.- 14. Gender and Stoic Cosmopolitanism.- 15. Conclusion.