Aristotle on the Matter of Form: ? Feminist Metaphysics of Generation by Adriel

Description: Aristotle on the Matter of Form by Adriel M. Trott Adriel M. Trott argues for an interdependent relationship of form and matter in Aristotles metaphysics. Responding to feminist critiques from Judith Butler and Luce Irigary, she She finds resources for thinking the females contribution and the female on its own terms and not as the contrary to form, or the male. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Adriel M. Trott challenges the wholesale acceptance of the view that nature operates in Aristotles 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 females contribution and the female on its own terms and not as the contrary to form, or the male. Flap Argues for an interdependent relationship of form and matter in Aristotles metaphysics Adriel M. Trott challenges the wholesale acceptance of the view that nature operates in Aristotles work on a craft model, a model that underwrites the notion that form is separate and distinct from and imposed on matter, implying that matter has no power of its own. Situating her argument in the debates between Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler over efforts to resuscitate the meaning and role of matter in the history of philosophy, she argues for a robust sense of matter in Aristotle in response to feminist critiques in order to find resources for thinking the females contribution--and the female--on its own terms and not as the contrary to form- or the male.Using the image of a M Author Biography Adriel M. Trott, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Wabash College. Table of Contents Introduction Method Historical Approaches One-Sex and Two-Sex Models The Problem of Aristotle and the One- and Two-Sex Models Material Evidence 1. Feminist Critics of Aristotles Biology and Metaphysics The Feminist Disputes Feminist Critics Who Say Aristotles Biology is Sexist Critics Who Say Aristotles Biology is Not Sexist Feminist Critics and Defenders of Aristotles Metaphysics Conclusion 2. Disputes Over the Material Contribution of Semen Robust Material View versus Restricted Material View Material Necessity and Teleology Aristotle and Plato on Form Conclusion 3. Aristotle on Material Beyond Prime Matter Physics I 7: Change and the Substratum Metaphysics VII 3: Substance as Substratum De Caelo IV 5: The Elements in Common How Matter is Many On Generation and Corruption Matter in Natural Substances: Generation as a Problem Soul as the Actuality of the Body: The User and the Implement The Ways of Being Acted Upon: Like and Unlike 4. The Feminine and the Elemental in Greek Myth, Medicine and Early Philosophy Gender, Generation and the Gods The Elemental Among the Pre-Socratics Hippocratics, Elemental Powers and Gender Conclusion 5. Semen, Menses, Blood: Material in Generation Concoction as Mastery of the Moisture Internalised Heat: From Blood to Semen Material and Teleology in Aristotles Meteorology How Semen is a Causal Part Material Composition of Semen Sources of Vital Heat: Stomach, Sun and Earth 6. Sex Differentiation, Inheritance and the Meaning of Form in Generation The Female is, As it Were, Deformed. How Sex Differentiation Explains the Work of Form and Matter How Inherited Traits Explain the Role of Form Contradiction and Contrariety 7. Craft and Other Metaphors Craft Analogy Explains Why Generation Needs Males and Why it Happens in Females Craft Analogy Explains How Semen Actualises Form Other Images and Metaphors Conclusion: On Material in Aristotles Biology Conclusion Revisiting the One-Sex and Two-Sex Models The M Review Adriel M. Trott develops a careful, thorough and provocative re-reading of Aristotle that acknowledges his complex legacy for contemporary feminist philosophy. Trott convincingly shows how his conception of form and matter is bound up with and remains surreptitiously connected to the binarization of male and female, even as it remains misunderstood.-- "Elizabeth Grosz, Duke University"Adriel M. Trotts book skillfully and exhaustively places Aristotles theory of animal generation and his account of inherited characteristics in its literary and philosophical context to develop an enmattered account of form and an active account of matter that challenges the artifactual interpretation of hylomorphism and, with it, the grounds for many feminist criticisms of Aristotles metaphysics as gendered and sexist-- "Charlotte Witt, University of New Hampshire" Promotional "Headline" Argues for an interdependent relationship of form and matter in Aristotles metaphysics Feature Offers a clear and innovative account of Aristotles biological works, informed by Continental philosophy and inflected by feminist interests and concerns Contextualises Aristotles 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 Aristotles account is fundamentally phenomenological Details ISBN1474455239 Author Adriel M. Trott Short Title Aristotle on the Matter of Form Pages 280 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Series Cycles Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 1474455239 ISBN-13 9781474455237 Format Paperback Publication Date 2021-08-31 UK Release Date 2021-08-31 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-08-31 Subtitle ? Feminist Metaphysics of Generation DEWEY 110.92 Audience General AU Release Date 2021-12-07 Alternative 9781474455220 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:133509624;

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