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Towards a Genealogy of the Gender Space of Politics

by Viviana Segreto

pp. 244-255 Issue 7 (4,1) – January-June 2017 ISSN (online): 2539/2239 ISSN (print): 2389-8232 DOI: 1017450/170114

Abstract

The aim of this article is to trace a logical, binary outline of the classical period of western civilisation, from which the gender division of political space has emerged. This gender division has been deepened by an excluding tension which divides the polis and the oikos into two distinct spheres; these are marked by a structural asymmetry between the citizenry and female subordination. In closing, two other points will be briefly made, which are recalled by the bodily figures of Penelope and Antigone.

Keywords

Polis, oikos, kratos, gendered body
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