Aristotle on the Matter of Form: Α Feminist Metaphysics of Generation

Adriel M. Trott

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2019

Aristotle on the Matter of Form

Α Feminist Metaphysics of Generation

Adriel M. Trott

In the series Cycles

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474455251

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Argues for an interdependent relationship of form and matter in Aristotle's metaphysics

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Offers a clear and innovative account of Aristotle's biological works, informed by Continental philosophy and inflected by feminist interests and concerns
Contextualises Aristotle's views of gender in ancient Greek mythology, medicine and early philosophy
Situates its argument in the debates between Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler on the meaning and role of matter in the history of philosophy
Challenges the gender binary by challenging the metaphysical binary of form and matter: an association that can be traced to Aristotle
Showcases how Aristotle's account is fundamentally phenomenological

Adriel M. Trott challenges the wholesale acceptance of the view that nature operates in Aristotle's work on a craft model, which implies that matter has no power of its own. Instead, she argues for a robust sense of matter in Aristotle in response to feminist critiques. She finds resources for thinking the female's contribution – and the female – on its own terms and not as the contrary to form, or the male.

Using the image of a Möbius strip, Trott considers how semen and menses flow through Aristotle's account of generation. She weaves together scholarship on matter, form and generation in Aristotle; on the mythological, Hippocratic and Pre-Socratic treatments of the feminine and the elemental; and on feminist readings of material. In doing so, she demonstrates the interdependence of form and matter in Aristotle's biology.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Aristotle and the History of Sex Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Feminist Critics of Aristotle’s Biology and Metaphysics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
2. Disputes over the Material Contribution of Semen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
3. Aristotle on Material Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
4. The Feminine and the Elemental in Greek Myth, Medicine and Early Philosophy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
5. Semen, Menses, Blood: Material in Generation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
6. Sex Diff erentiation, Inheritance and the Meaning of Form in Generation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
7. Craft and Other Metaphors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
Conclusion: On Material in Aristotle’s Biology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 280
Keywords: Philosophy

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Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474455251