La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, Sade

La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, Sade

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<p>In this paper I try to point out and to investigate the relationship between the narrative archetype of the chased maiden, starting from Apuleius’ literary codification of this motif in Cupid and Psyche’s myth, and the representation of justice/injustice...

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Main Author: Massimo Stella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2010-05-01
Series:Storia delle Donne
Online Access:http://ejour-fup.unifi.it/index.php/sdd/article/view/8446
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spelling doaj-2d572019a23b4304a57747ef71aa88132021-04-02T12:50:33ZengFirenze University PressStoria delle Donne1826-75131826-75052010-05-0151185200La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, SadeMassimo Stella<p>In this paper I try to point out and to investigate the relationship between the narrative archetype of the chased maiden, starting from Apuleius’ literary codification of this motif in Cupid and Psyche’s myth, and the representation of justice/injustice in Plato’s (Republic) and Sade’s (Justine, Juliette) political philosophy. This inquiry leads us to the embarassing conclusion that political philosophy, in its theoretical and perpetual effort to reshape the concepts of justice and injustice, has never focused (or is it a case of voluntary obliteration?) on the real matter of the whole question: the story and the rights of the innocent victim.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> fanciulla, schiava, puttana, prigione, stupro, anima, giustizia, filosofo, libertino; maiden, slave, whore, prison, rape, soul, justice, philosopher, libertine.</p>http://ejour-fup.unifi.it/index.php/sdd/article/view/8446
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La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, Sade
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title La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, Sade
title_short La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, Sade
title_full La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, Sade
title_fullStr La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, Sade
title_full_unstemmed La schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. Apuleio, Platone, Sade
title_sort la schiava del filosofo: sventure dell’anima e della giustizia. apuleio, platone, sade
publisher Firenze University Press
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publishDate 2010-05-01
description <p>In this paper I try to point out and to investigate the relationship between the narrative archetype of the chased maiden, starting from Apuleius’ literary codification of this motif in Cupid and Psyche’s myth, and the representation of justice/injustice in Plato’s (Republic) and Sade’s (Justine, Juliette) political philosophy. This inquiry leads us to the embarassing conclusion that political philosophy, in its theoretical and perpetual effort to reshape the concepts of justice and injustice, has never focused (or is it a case of voluntary obliteration?) on the real matter of the whole question: the story and the rights of the innocent victim.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> fanciulla, schiava, puttana, prigione, stupro, anima, giustizia, filosofo, libertino; maiden, slave, whore, prison, rape, soul, justice, philosopher, libertine.</p>
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