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"Sophocles' Antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist and legal theory, and possibly the most commented upon play in the history of philosophy and political theory. Bonnie Honig's rereading of it therefore involves intervening in a host of literatures and unsettling many of their governing assumptions. Exploring the power of Antigone in a variety of political, cultural, and theoretical settings, Honig identifies the 'Antigone-effect' - which moves those who enlist Antigone for their politics from activism into lamentation. She argues that Antigone's own lamentations can be seen not just as signs of dissidence but rather as markers of a rival world view with its own sovereignty and vitality. Honig argues that the play does not offer simply a model for resistance politics or 'equal dignity in death', but a more positive politics of counter-sovereignty and solidarity which emphasizes equality in life"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Interruption; Introduction to Part I; Chapter 1 Tragedy, maternalism, ethics: toward an agonistic humanism; a new humanism?; four women and a funeral: the costs of classicization; Chapter 2 ""Antigone versus Oedipus, "" I: feminist theory and the turn to Antigone; antigone in argentina: elshtain and taylor; butler's antigonean turns; (i) Precarious Life; (ii) Antigone's Claim; Absorbing the lessons of Antigone: Edelman, latency, resignification; framed; crimp, a road not taken?; (i) Butler, Crimp, and the quilt. |
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"i don't deny a thing" -- the problem of the two burials -- "keep it a secret" -- if ismene did it -- "i did it, yes" -- ismene speaks -- "words alone" -- the sisters' second fight -- "let her choose" -- lacans ethic's and/as forced choice -- "what do i care for life, cut off from you" -- ismene's modernity -- "ὦ κοινὸν αὐτάδελφον ἰσμήνης κάρα" -- "ismene-head" -- adianoeta and the ironies of reception -- Trauerspiel and/as tragedy -- Conspiracy's genreAntigone as Melodrama -- Conclusion -- About the Cover Image -- Notes -- Preface -- Introduction -- Introduction to Part I -- 1 Tragedy, maternalism, ethics: toward an agonistic humanism -- 2 "Antigone versus Oedipus," I: feminist theory and the turn to Antigone -- 3 "Antigone versus Oedipus," II: the directors' agon in Germany in Autumn -- Introduction to Part II -- 4 Mourning, membership, and the politics of exception: plotting Creon's conspiracy with democracy -- 5 From lamentation to logos: Antigone's conspiracy with language -- 6 Sacrifice, sorority, integrity: Antigone's conspiracy with Ismene -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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(Ii) The politics of beautiful deathfrom tragedy to melodrama: genres of generations; Chapter 3 ""Antigone versus Oedipus, "" II: the directors' agon in Germany in Autumn; nothing to do with sophocles? ""antigone fever"" in germany in autumn2; tragedy and melodrama -- asymmetries of (de)classicization; re-emplotment or genre-switching and/as politics; the battle of the brothers; Part II Conspiracy; Introduction to Part II; Trauerspiel and/as tragedy; Conspiracy's genre? Antigone as Melodrama. |
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Chapter 4 Mourning, membership, and the politics of exception: plotting Creon's conspiracy with democracyregulating lament; antigone's laments: homeric mourning in democratic athens; antigone's undecidabilities in context; creon's grief; Chapter 5 From lamentation to logos: Antigone's conspiracy with language; antigone's dirge: prior receptions; antigone's dirge, reconsidered; (i) Parodying Pericles; (ii) Mimicking Creon; (iii) Citing Herodotus; the meaning of life and death; working the interval: the corporeal voice; the ""hamletization"" of antigone? |
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IntroductionIntroduction to Part I; 1 Tragedy, maternalism, ethics: toward an agonistic humanism; 2 ""Antigone versus Oedipus, "" I: feminist theory and the turn to Antigone; 3 ""Antigone versus Oedipus, "" II: the directors' agon in Germany in Autumn; Introduction to Part II; 4 Mourning, membership, and the politics of exception: plotting Creon's conspiracy with democracy; 5 From lamentation to logos: Antigone's conspiracy with language; 6 Sacrifice, sorority, integrity: Antigone's conspiracy with Ismene; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-310) and index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Political science.
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Political science. |
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Political science -- Philosophy.
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Political science -- Philosophy. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Honig, Bonnie. Antigone, interrupted. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 9781107036970 (DLC) 2012038176 (OCoLC)814301469 |
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9781107342279 (electronic book) |
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1107342279 (electronic book) |
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9781139583084 (electronic book) |
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1139583085 (electronic book) |
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9781107346024 |
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1107346029 |
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9781107036970 |
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1107036976 |
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9781107668157 |
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1107668158 |
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9781107348523 |
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1107348528 |
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