The Antigone Complex: Ethics and the Invention of Feminine Desire

Author/Contributor(s):	Sjöholm, Cecilia
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	10/08/2004
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

What if psychoanalysis had chosen Antigone rather than Oedipus? This book traces the relation between ethics and desire in important philosophical texts that focus on femininity and use Antigone as their model. It shows that the notion of feminine desire is conditioned by a view of women as being prone to excesses and deficiencies in relation to ethical norms and rules.