The essay revisits Antigone as the tragedy in which a body that is displaced, bleeding, and matrilinear allows the construction of a political order where misogynous rationality rules. More in general, by providing a detailed interpretation of Sophocles’ text, it argues that women have been cast by male thinkers into the realm of the corporeal as nonpolitical, and also suggests that this nonpolitical position is a source of knowledge and power, that politics is a masculine pursuit that should not be admired or envied. Hegel, Carl Schmitt and Luce Irigaray are among the authors the essay ponders on in order to challenge the traditional readings of Sophocles’ masterpiece focused on the link between power and gender.
On the Body of Antigone
CAVARERO, Adriana
2010-01-01
Abstract
The essay revisits Antigone as the tragedy in which a body that is displaced, bleeding, and matrilinear allows the construction of a political order where misogynous rationality rules. More in general, by providing a detailed interpretation of Sophocles’ text, it argues that women have been cast by male thinkers into the realm of the corporeal as nonpolitical, and also suggests that this nonpolitical position is a source of knowledge and power, that politics is a masculine pursuit that should not be admired or envied. Hegel, Carl Schmitt and Luce Irigaray are among the authors the essay ponders on in order to challenge the traditional readings of Sophocles’ masterpiece focused on the link between power and gender.
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